TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and application of a new approach to testing the bipolarity of semantic differential items
AU - Cogliser, Claudia C.
AU - Schriesheim, Chester A.
PY - 1994/9
Y1 - 1994/9
N2 - A new method of testing semantic differential scales for bipolarity is developed, using a new conceptualization of bipolarity that does not require unidimensionality. Using 63 subjects and multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedures, the investigation assessed Fiedler's Least Preferred Coworker (LPC) instrument and revealed it to suffer significant departures from bipolarity in 9 of 10 tested bipolar pairs. Future research implications are discussed.
AB - A new method of testing semantic differential scales for bipolarity is developed, using a new conceptualization of bipolarity that does not require unidimensionality. Using 63 subjects and multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedures, the investigation assessed Fiedler's Least Preferred Coworker (LPC) instrument and revealed it to suffer significant departures from bipolarity in 9 of 10 tested bipolar pairs. Future research implications are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84970671174&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0013164494054003002
DO - 10.1177/0013164494054003002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84970671174
VL - 54
SP - 594
EP - 605
JO - Educational and Psychological Measurement
JF - Educational and Psychological Measurement
SN - 0013-1644
IS - 3
ER -