Social desirability and the forced choice method.

The Social Desirability Variable in Personality Assessment and Research.

D. A. Sprott, Allen L. Edwards · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1959 · 1.5K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +14

The nature and measurement of meaning.

Charles E. Osgood · Psychological Bulletin · 1952 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Language Studies, Communication, Linguistics +11

Response Sets and Test Validity

Lee J. Cronbach · Educational and Psychological Measurement · 1946 · 899 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Assessment, Educational Measurement +13

The K factor as a suppressor variable in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.

Paul E. Meehl, Starke R. Hathaway · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1946 · 372 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12

The scaling of stimuli by the method of successive intervals.

Allen L. Edwards · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1952 · 71 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +8