Development of a random response scale for the multiple affect adjective check list-revised

A scale was constructed to identify random responses on the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised. Items chosen were the 14 least frequently ch ecked items and 14 most frequently checked items, plus the seven most frequ ently checked negative items and the seven least frequently checked positiv e items (total = 42). The Random Response Scale successfully differentiated random protocols from those produced by 420 college students, and scores o n the scale were significantly higher for the college students than for the random sample. In addition, correlations between scores on the Random Resp onse Scale and the Communality Scale (Adjective Check List) and the NEO-FFI Conscientiousness Scale suggest its usefulness as a measure of "conscienti ousness" or "dependableness."