Even balanced tests show agreement ratios near sixty-forty

Evidence

Behavior that is consistent for one person over a range of situations and also different from one person to another is a personality characteristic. Response sets to agree or disagree first appeared as sources of error in personality inventories but we have come to realize that they are also personality characteristics in their own right; they may be characteristics of greater interest than most of those that the inventories were designed to measure. In 1960, Couch and Keniston gave names to the two personality types involved—“Yeasayers” and “Naysayers.” — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 589 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Balanced scales make agreement rates independent of trait strength in the sample — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 802; Agreement and disagreement biases are personality traits, not just measurement errors — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 589

Broader Connections

• Agreement and disagreement biases are personality traits, not just measurement errors #complicates (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 589