creator Sawhney, Gargi advisor Cigularov, Konstantin Due to the increased use of technology in administering psychological measures, there has been a growing interest in establishing measurement equivalence of personality measures across paper-and-pencil and computer-based conditions. The present study examined the measurement equivalence of three personality measures across three administration conditions: paper-and-pencil proctored, computer-based proctored, and computer-based non-proctored. Participants were 415 undergraduate students, who were randomly assigned to the three conditions and completed measures of competitiveness, engagement, and pride in productivity. Adequate fit was found for a three-factor measurement model within each of the three conditions. Results from multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated good configural, metric, and scalar equivalence, as well as invariant uniqueness across the three conditions. Practically speaking, observed means can be compared across the paper-and-pencil, computer-based proctored and computer-based non-proctored conditions. Results of this study are consistent with previous research that showed support for measurement equivalence across paper-and-pencil and computer-based modes of administration. Future research with larger samples and employees should attempt to extend our findings to high-stake contexts, such as employment settings. Submitted by Dana Lamparello (dlampare@iit.edu) on 2012-02-29T16:49:29Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Sawhney_Master's_Thesis_New_GS_36_050911.pdf: 791156 bytes, checksum: 764e2310994735ca93e9b47e82fa1a71 (MD5) Thesis_first_page_approved_GS_1_050911.pdf: 247622 bytes, checksum: b7940f75a8aaac3039d20834323a5cbb (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-02-29T16:49:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Sawhney_Master's_Thesis_New_GS_36_050911.pdf: 791156 bytes, checksum: 764e2310994735ca93e9b47e82fa1a71 (MD5) Thesis_first_page_approved_GS_1_050911.pdf: 247622 bytes, checksum: b7940f75a8aaac3039d20834323a5cbb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05 M.S. in Psychology, May 2011 2011-05-09 2011-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2528 en Thesis born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access PSYCH / Institute of Psychology Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department