Table 3.

Easiness (ε) and discrimination (δ) parameters for the 24 items of the Neuroticism scale.

New form	Original form	Item n.	Text	ε	δ
		87	Are you easily hurt when people find fault with you ot the work you do?	−1.652	0.930
		97	Are you touchy about some things?	−1.528	0.696
✓	✓	22	Are your feelings easily hurt?	−1.486	1.143
		92	Are you sometimes bubbling over with energy and sometimes very sluggish?	−1.186	1.025
✓	✓	80	Do you worry too long after an embarrassing experience?	−1.139	1.128
		13	Do you often worry about things you should not have done or said?	−1.027	1.084
		43	Do you worry about awful things that might happen?	−0.819	0.497
		74	Do you worry a lot about your looks?	−0.460	0.484
✓	✓	3	Does your mood often go up and down?	−0.319	1.785
		100	When your temper rises, do you find it difficult to control?	−0.164	0.848
✓	✓	31	Are you often troubled about feelings of guilt?	−0.114	1.445
✓		65	Have you often felt listless and tired for no reason?	−0.003	1.720
	✓	8	Do you ever feel “just miserable” for no reason?	0.007	1.392
✓	✓	17	Are you an irritable person?	0.225	1.527
	✓	35	Would you call yourself a nervous person?	0.250	2.582
✓	✓	46	Would you call yourself tense or “highly-strung”?	0.308	2.928
✓	✓	84	Do you often feel lonely?	0.308	1.669
✓	✓	83	Do you suffer from “nerves”?	0.394	2.833
✓	✓	26	Do you often feel “fed-up”?	0.591	1.713
		76	Have you ever wished that you were dead?	0.976	1.102
✓		70	Do you often feel life is very dull?	0.990	1.273
		60	Do you suffer from sleeplessness?	2.443	0.691
✓	✓	38	Are you a worrier?	2.948	0.721
		52	Do you worry about your health?	8.462	−0.132

The items are ordered by increasing easiness. The items included in the new and in the original short forms are marked by “✓.”