On the basis of a partial reanalysis of the data in Peabody's 1961 study of Agreement Response Set, Samelson (1964) has concluded that Peabody's double agreement score measures item rather than subject characteristics. This paper argues that the data which the reanalysis presents are not only consistent with Peabody's interpretation, but predictable from it. Data from another source are presented to show that double agreement scores do measure subject characteristics.
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