TABLE 4.

Standardized loadings in the confirmatory IRT models for graded-scale and forced-choice.

			GSQ with	GSQ addressing			FCQ with
			simple structure	SDR and ACQ			simple structure
Item #	Item MD	Polarity	MD	MD	SDR	ACQ	MD
1	AG	+	0.34	0.01	0.43	–0.05	0.39
2	AG	+	0.54	0.07	0.51	–0.04	0.59
6	AG	+	0.29	0.15	0.29	–0.04	0.14
7	AG	+	0.55	0.16	0.45	–0.04	0.39
8	AG	+	0.34	0.20	0.17	–0.05	0.14
9	AG	+	0.44	0.31	0.39	–0.04	0.32
11	AG	–	–0.61	–0.19	–0.64	–0.04	–0.37
12	AG	–	–0.23	–0.23	–0.14	–0.04	–0.28
13	CO	+	0.67	0.71	0.01	–0.03	0.28
17	CO	+	0.38	0.36	0.03	–0.05	0.46
18	CO	+	0.88	0.86	0.16	–0.01	0.61
20	CO	+	0.37	0.31	0.32	–0.04	0.16
21	CO	+	0.81	0.79	0.09	–0.02	0.61
22	CO	+	0.84	0.82	0.10	–0.03	0.06
23	CO	–	–0.81	–0.78	–0.15	–0.03	–0.63
24	CO	–	–0.83	–0.88	–0.06	–0.02	–0.58
25	ES	+	0.69	0.70	0.08	–0.03	0.57
26	ES	+	0.67	0.66	0.18	–0.03	0.39
28	ES	+	0.45	0.52	0.11	–0.04	0.25
30	ES	+	0.65	0.58	0.16	–0.04	0.59
32	ES	+	0.50	0.47	0.18	–0.04	0.39
34	ES	+	0.45	0.41	0.30	–0.04	0.09
35	ES	–	–0.66	–0.67	–0.12	–0.03	–0.59
36	ES	–	–0.56	–0.54	–0.34	–0.03	–0.47
37	EX	+	0.80	0.77	0.32	–0.03	0.44
39	EX	+	0.55	0.59	0.05	–0.03	0.31
40	EX	+	0.80	0.80	0.24	–0.03	0.55
42	EX	+	0.39	0.35	0.14	–0.05	0.14
43	EX	+	0.54	0.50	0.30	–0.04	0.42
46	EX	+	0.35	0.28	0.09	–0.05	0.11
47	EX	–	–0.39	–0.41	–0.01	–0.04	–0.43
48	EX	–	–0.49	–0.48	0.07	–0.04	–0.51
49	OE	+	0.69	0.77	–0.07	–0.03	0.39
51	OE	+	0.45	0.51	–0.03	–0.04	0.42
53	OE	+	0.41	0.40	–0.17	–0.05	0.75
54	OE	+	0.27	0.40	–0.25	–0.04	0.28
56	OE	+	0.33	0.28	0.00	–0.05	0.06
58	OE	+	0.91	0.87	0.13	–0.02	0.15
59	OE	–	–0.88	–0.88	–0.16	–0.02	–0.44
60	OE	–	–0.50	–0.68	–0.19	–0.03	–0.06
61	SDR	+	0.37		0.37	–0.05
62	SDR	–	–0.66		–0.66	–0.04
63	SDR	–	–0.69		–0.69	–0.04
64	SDR	–	–0.66		–0.66	–0.04

AG = agreeableness; CO = conscientiousness; ES = emotional stability; EX = extraversion; OE = openness to experience; SDR = social desirability; ACQ = acquiescence; GSQ = graded scale questionnaire; FCQ = forced-choice questionnaire; MD = main domain.