Assessing personality online: When less is not more

 
Supervisor: Daniel Morillo, Autonomous University of Madrid – Spain

Contact: Barbora Hubena

Team: Rui Mamede, Iulia Cioca, Slobodan Golusin, Eline Van Geert, Altan Orhon,

Project information: Assessing personality through traditional questionnaires can be prone to eliciting socially desirable responses from participants. Forced-choice questionnaires are alleged to be resistant to such bias, with more reliable outcomes. This format prompts the respondents with several block items that reduces social desirability found in traditional versions. In this project, we will test if FCQs are a robust, reliable alternative for online use when applied in various cultures and languages