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Contamination in Measures of Acquiescence and Social Desirability

Jack Hand, C. O. Brazzell

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The purpose of this paper was to report data which seem to indicate that many scales which have been proposed as measures of single response sets are actually complex scales measuring at least two independent dimensions of behavior.

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The purpose of this paper was to report data which seem to indicate that many scales which have been proposed as measures of single response sets are actually complex scales measuring at least two independent dimensions of behavior.

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The purpose of this paper was to report data which seem to indicate that many scales which have been proposed as measures of single response sets are actually complex scales measuring at least two independent dimensions of behavior.

Key concepts: Acquiescence, Social desirability, Psychology, Social psychology, Response bias, Social desirability bias, Applied psychology, Law

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