The F-scale was never independently validated without accompanying ethnocentrism items

Evidence

The F-scale was never used on its own, but always within the framework of the questionnaire form as a whole. (For example, the last questionnaire contained, in form 45, ten ethnocentrism items and thirty fascism items; in form 40, five of the anti-Semitism items among the ten ethnocentrism items were omitted.) The F-scale was therefore never seriously tested. But what would a serious test have consisted of? Applying only the F-scale in mass questionnaires and assessing the fascist potential of various population groups on the basis alone? But would doing without the E-scale not have meant doing without highly significant information on the extent to which the anti-democratic potential had become manifest, the forms in which it manifested itself, and the groups against which these manifestations were mainly directed? — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1767

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: did later psychometric work ever isolate the F-scale in mass administrations?
• XREF: connects to: Adorno designed the F-scale to detect anti-Semites without mentioning Jews — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1573; The F-scale was never validated across differing social groups and conditions. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1765; High F-scale scores without overt ethnocentrism were considered anomalous exceptions. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1768 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The F-scale was never validated in isolation from the other questionnaire scales. #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1767
• The F-scale was never validated across differing social groups and conditions. #corroborates (0.90) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1765
• High F-scale scores without overt ethnocentrism were considered anomalous exceptions. #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1768