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Assessment Of The Mate Retention Inventory-Short Form Using Item Response Theory, Patrick J. Nebl, Mark G. Mccoy, Garett C. Foster, Michael J. Zickar
Assessment Of The Mate Retention Inventory-Short Form Using Item Response Theory, Patrick J. Nebl, Mark G. Mccoy, Garett C. Foster, Michael J. Zickar
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The mate retention inventory (MRI) has been a valuable tool in the field of evolutionary psychology for the past 30 years. The goal of the current research is to subject the MRI to rigorous psychometric analysis using item response theory to answer three broad questions. Do the individual items of the MRI fit the scale well? Does the overall function of the MRI match what is predicted? Finally, do men and women respond similarly to the MRI? Using a graded response model, it was found that all but two of the items fit acceptable model patterns. Test information function analysis …