Readability of Three Adult Personality Tests: Basic Personality Inventory, Jackson Personality Inventory, and Personality Research Form-E
John R. Reddon, Douglas N. Jackson · Journal of Personality Assessment · 1989
Three personality tests, the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI), the Jackson Personality Inventory (JPI), and the Personality Research Form-E (PRF-E) were evaluated for readability using a number of indices. Sentence length, word length, sentence type, and four readability formulas indicated that the readability of the BPI, JPI, and PRF-E would not impede the administration or interpretation of these tests in broad segments of the population.