Selecting items for Big Five questionnaires : At what sample size do factorloadings stabilize?
- Researchers often use exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to develop and refine questionnaires assessing theBig Five personality traits. We use sequential sampling and bootstrapping to determine the number ofparticipants needed to yield stable loading patterns for the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the InternationalPersonality Item Pool Big Five measure (IPIP). Overall 21,350 participants (BFI = 10,285; IPIP = 11,065)participated. In two studies primary factor loadings are highly variable in smaller samples (n< 500)and some primary loadings are not stable with 10,000 participants. Most studies will not have adequatesample size to yield stable loading patterns for Big Five measures such as the BFI and IPIP. Researchersshould assess and report the variability of loading patterns.
| Author: | Gerrit Hirschfeld, Ruth von Brachel, Meinald T. ThielschORCiD |
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| Title (English): | Selecting items for Big Five questionnaires : At what sample size do factorloadings stabilize? |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2014.08.003 |
| ISSN: | 1095-7251 |
| ISSN: | 0092-6566 |
| Parent Title (English): | Journal of Research in Personality |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2014 |
| electronic ID: | Zur Anzeige in scinos |
| Release Date: | 2021/08/17 |
| Volume: | 53 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| First Page: | 54 |
| Last Page: | 63 |
| Note: | Zugriff im Hochschulnetz |
| Faculties: | Fakultät WiSo |
| DDC classes: | 100 Philosophie und Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
| Review Status: | Veröffentlichte Fassung/Verlagsversion |