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A computerized adaptive test for enterprising personality assessment in youth

Ignacio Pedrosa, Javier Suárez-Álvarez, Eduardo García-Cueto and José Muñiz

Universidad de Oviedo

Backgound: Assessing specific personality traits has shown better predictive power of enterprising personality than have broad personality traits. Hitherto, there have been no instruments that evaluate the combination of specific personality traits of enterprising personality in an adaptive format. So, the aim was to develop a Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) to assess enterprising personality in young people. Methods: A pool of 161 items was developed and applied to two sets of participants (n1 = 357 students, Mage = 17.89; SDage = 3.26; n2 = 2,693 students; Mage = 16.52, SDage = 1.38) using a stratified sampling method. Results: 107 items that assess achievement motivation, risk-taking, innovativeness, autonomy, self-efficacy, stress tolerance, internal locus of control, and optimism were selected. The assumption of unidimensionality was tested. The CAT demonstrated high precision for a wide range of q, using a mean of 10 items and demonstrating a relatively low Standard Error (0.378). Conclusions: A brief, valid, and precise instrument was obtained with relevant implications for educational and entrepreneurial contexts.

Un Test Adaptativo Informatizado para la evaluación de la personalidad emprendedora en jóvenes. Antecedentes: la evaluación de rasgos específicos de personalidad, respecto a rasgos generales, ha demostrado un mayor poder predictivo de la personalidad emprendedora. Actualmente, no existe ningún instrumento que evalúe el conjunto de rasgos específicos de la personalidad emprendedora que se consideran relevantes en un formato adaptativo. El objetivo fue desarrollar un Test Adaptativo Informatizado (TAI) que permita evaluar la personalidad emprendedora en jóvenes. Método: se desarrolló un banco inicial de 161 ítems, el cual se aplicó a dos conjuntos de participantes (n1 = 357 estudiantes, Medad = 17,89; DTedad = 3,26; n2 = 2.693 estudiantes; Medad = 16,52, DTedad = 1,38) mediante un muestreo estratificado. Resultados: se seleccionaron 107 ítems que evalúan motivación de logro, toma de riesgos, innovación, autonomía, autoeficacia, tolerancia al estrés, locus de control interno y optimismo, sobre los que se comprobó el supuesto de unidimensionalidad. El TAI desarrollado muestra una elevada precisión para un amplio rango de q, empleando una media de 10 ítems y presentando un error típico de las estimaciones relativamente bajo (0,378). Conclusiones: se cuenta con un instrumento breve, válido y preciso con múltiples implicaciones en el contexto educativo y emprendedor.

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