Comment on Anderson and Ones (in press)

Area of Science:

• Psychological assessment
• Measurement in psychology
• Research integrity

Background:

• Concerns regarding scoring accuracy in psychological inventories.
• Previous erratum and addendum by Anderson and Ones (this issue) lacked clarity on scoring discrepancies.
• Potential impact of scoring errors on published research findings.

Purpose of the Study:

• To unambiguously demonstrate scoring errors in the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI), Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ), and Business and Personality Inventory (BPI).
• To provide evidence for the retraction of specific articles by Anderson and Ones (2003) and Ones and Anderson (2002).

Main Methods:

• Detailed analysis of scoring procedures for HPI, OPQ, and BPI scales.
• Comparison of participant scores across different inventories to identify mismatches.
• Re-evaluation of scoring methodologies to detect undetected errors.

Main Results:

• Confirmation of incorrectly matched HPI scale scores with other inventory scales.
• Identification of additional, previously unmentioned scoring errors in the OPQ and BPI scales.
• Substantial evidence of data inaccuracies in the analyzed studies.

Conclusions:

• The scoring errors identified are critical and compromise the validity of the findings in the implicated studies.
• Retraction of Anderson and Ones (2003) and Ones and Anderson (2002) is recommended due to significant methodological flaws.
• Upholding research integrity necessitates addressing and correcting data scoring errors.