LOTS is an acronym, suggested by
Cattell in 1957 and later elaborated by Block, to provide a broad classification of data source for
personality psychology
Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces. Its areas of focus include:
* construction of a c ...
assessment.
Each data source has its advantage and disadvantage. Research on personality commonly employ different data source so as to represent better the pattern of one's distinctive features.
* L-data, refer to the life-outcome data, such as age, education, income,
student grades at school, criminal and conviction record
* O-data, refer to observational data, such as observer rating from friends and family
* T-data, refer to standardised and objective
test
Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to:
* Test (assessment), an educational assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities
Arts and entertainment
* ''Test'' (2013 film), an American film
* ''Test'' (2014 film), ...
measurement, such as scored test, physiological response,
reaction time
Mental chronometry is the scientific study of processing speed or reaction time on cognitive tasks to infer the content, duration, and temporal sequencing of mental operations. Reaction time (RT; sometimes referred to as "response time") is meas ...
s (RT),
implicit association test
The implicit-association test (IAT) is a controversial assessment intended to detect subconscious associations between mental representations of objects (concepts) in memory. Its best-known application is the assessment of implicit stereotypes hel ...
(IAT)
* S-data, refer to
self-reports, such as
questionnaire
A questionnaire is a research instrument that consists of a set of questions (or other types of prompts) for the purpose of gathering information from respondents through survey or statistical study. A research questionnaire is typically a mix of ...
s,
personality test
A personality test is a method of assessing human personality construct (psychology), constructs. Most personality assessment instruments (despite being loosely referred to as "personality tests") are in fact introspective (i.e., subjective) self ...
,
structured interview A structured interview (also known as a standardized interview or a researcher-administered survey) is a quantitative research method commonly employed in survey research. The aim of this approach is to ensure that each interview is presented with e ...
References
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[Cattell R.B. (1973). ''Personality and Mood by Questionnaire''. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. {{ISBN, 0-87589-181-0]
[Cattell, R.B., & Kline, P. (1977). ''The Scientific Analysis of Personality and Motivation''. New York: Academic Press.]
[{{Cite book, title=Personality : theory and research, last=Cervone, Daniel, others=Pervin, Lawrence A., isbn=9781119161172, edition= Thirteenth , location=Hoboken, NJ, oclc=916685223, date = 2016-01-04]
[{{Cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VTvN3aPw8sC&dq=LOTS&pg=PA18, title=Handbook of Research Methods in Personality Psychology, last1=Robins, first1=Richard W., last2=Fraley, first2=R. Chris, last3=Krueger, first3=Robert F., date=2009-12-09, publisher=Guilford Press, isbn=9781606236567, language=en]
[Ozer, D. J. (1999). Four principles for personality assessment. ''Handbook of personality: Theory and research'', ''2'', 671–686.]
Personality
Data types
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