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Record 1 2008-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Encuestas estadísticas
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Record 2 1982-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

certain test-taking attitudes which might obscure or distort the traits that the test was designed to measure; for example, social desirability, evasiveness, tendency to answer "yes" or "true" regardless of item content, or tendency to utilize extreme response categories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
DEF

Orientation relativement constante dans les réponses d'un sujet, indépendante du contenu des items.

Key term(s)
  • réponse prédéterminée

Spanish

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