Development of a computerized adaptive test to assess entrepreneurial personality.
Adults
Computerized adaptive test
Entrepreneurial personality
Evaluation
Journal
Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS
ISSN: 0102-7972
Titre abrégé: Psicol Reflex Crit
Pays: Brazil
ID NLM: 9616730
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 May 2020
11 May 2020
Historique:
received:
10
02
2020
accepted:
29
04
2020
entrez:
13
5
2020
pubmed:
13
5
2020
medline:
13
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Entrepreneurial behavior is of great importance nowadays owing to its significance in the generation of economic, social, personal, and cultural wellbeing. This behavior is influenced by cognitive and personality characteristics, as well as by socioeconomic and contextual factors. Entrepreneurial personality is made up of a set of psychological traits including self-efficacy, autonomy, innovation, internal locus of control, achievement motivation, optimism, stress tolerance, and risk-taking. The aim of this research is the development of a computerized adaptive test (CAT) to evaluate entrepreneurial personality. A bank of 120 items was created evaluating various aspects of the entrepreneurial personality. The items were calibrated with the Samejima Graded Response Model using a sample of 1170 participants (M The bank of items had an essentially unidimensional fit to the model. The CAT exhibited high accuracy for evaluating a wide range of θ scores, using a mean of 16 items with a very low standard error (M = 0.157). Relative validity evidence for the CAT was obtained with two additional tests of entrepreneurial personality (the Battery for the Assessment of the Enterprising Personality and the Measure of Enterpreneurial Tendencies and Abilities), with correlations of .908 and .657, respectively. The CAT developed has appropriate psychometric properties for the evaluation of entrepreneurial people.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
Entrepreneurial behavior is of great importance nowadays owing to its significance in the generation of economic, social, personal, and cultural wellbeing. This behavior is influenced by cognitive and personality characteristics, as well as by socioeconomic and contextual factors. Entrepreneurial personality is made up of a set of psychological traits including self-efficacy, autonomy, innovation, internal locus of control, achievement motivation, optimism, stress tolerance, and risk-taking. The aim of this research is the development of a computerized adaptive test (CAT) to evaluate entrepreneurial personality.
METHOD
METHODS
A bank of 120 items was created evaluating various aspects of the entrepreneurial personality. The items were calibrated with the Samejima Graded Response Model using a sample of 1170 participants (M
RESULTS
RESULTS
The bank of items had an essentially unidimensional fit to the model. The CAT exhibited high accuracy for evaluating a wide range of θ scores, using a mean of 16 items with a very low standard error (M = 0.157). Relative validity evidence for the CAT was obtained with two additional tests of entrepreneurial personality (the Battery for the Assessment of the Enterprising Personality and the Measure of Enterpreneurial Tendencies and Abilities), with correlations of .908 and .657, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The CAT developed has appropriate psychometric properties for the evaluation of entrepreneurial people.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32394294
doi: 10.1186/s41155-020-00144-x
pii: 10.1186/s41155-020-00144-x
pmc: PMC7214556
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
6Subventions
Organisme : Gobierno del Principado de Asturias
ID : BP17-78
Organisme : Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España
ID : PSI2017-85724-P
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