Verfälschung

English translation: faking; distortion

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German term or phrase:Verfälschung
English translation:faking; distortion
Entered by: Susan Welsh

17:40 Oct 30, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Verfälschung
I'm unsure whether this refers to falsification or distortion. Both appear in bilingual dictionaries, but the meaning in English is completely different for the two words, the former implying something done deliberately, the latter not necessarily.

It is about statistical validity of answers to a questionnaire. Examples:
* Es steht daher außer Frage, dass ein Teilnehmer des BIP-6F seine Antworten bewusst in die eine oder andere Richtung „verfälschen“ kann... Das Auftreten und das Ausmaß von Verfälschungstendenzen sind wie die oben genannten Befunde gezeigt haben vom Bearbeitungskontext des Tests abhängig.
* Verfälschbarkeit und Konstruktvalidität
* Aufgrund der Übereinstimmung in den Ergebnissen können die Schlussfolgerungen der internationalen Forschung somit auf das BIP-6F übertragen werden: Die moderaten Verfälschungseffekte, die in Bewerberstichproben auftreten und in den Mittelwerten beobachtet werden können, verringern die Kriteriumsvalidität nicht oder nur in sehr geringem Umfang.[this one sounds like "distortion"]
* Die vielleicht einfachste und wirkungsvollste Strategie Verfälschungstendenzen zu vermeiden besteht darin, die Teilnehmer über die Konsequenzen des Verfälschens zu informieren. [this one sounds like "falsification"]
Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 03:34
faking / test faking
Explanation:
"Ein Grund für die Zurückhaltung der Deutschen gegenüber Persönlichkeitstests waren Vorurteile bezüglich der Akzeptanz dieser Verfahren (Schuler, Hell, Trapmann, Schaar & Boramir, 2007) sowie die Sorge um negative Effekte der Möglichkeit der Verfälschung („Faking“) auf die Kriteriumsvalidität (Ones, Viswesvaran & Reiss, 1996). "

"Testfaking (Verfälschung) Dieser zweite Problembereich erweist sich als deutlich ..."

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Absichtliche Testverfälschung. Diese wird auch Faking genannt und tritt vor allem in subjektiven Tests auf.

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Then perhaps "dissimulation / deceptive behaviour"? e.g. "candidates may exaggerate their ability and present false personality traits of themselves. However, some research found out that faking not only threatens the validity but also associate with other forms of deceptive behaviour (Peterson, Griffith, Isaacson, O’Connell & Mangos 2011)."

Test warnings often refer to faking though e.g. https://books.google.ie/books?id=XAdd3JBiaMkC&pg=PA194


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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2015-10-31 21:17:54 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks. Yes, the ST seems to need more than one term.
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 07:34
Grading comment
Thanks to all. This was molst helpful because of the documentation. Daniel's discussion of the German was helpful too, but I had to choose one. I'm actually using both.
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Summary of answers provided
4faking / test faking
DLyons
3slanting/tilting of responses
Michael Martin, MA
3Distortion
Daniel Arnold (X)


Discussion entries: 12





  

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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
slanting/tilting of responses


Explanation:
Perhaps this might work? Compare with examples below:

"But such a demonstration leaves open the question of how much faking or slanting of responses actually occurs in standard testing."
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZigGiTQXF0IC&pg=PA216&lpg=...

https://www.google.com/#q="slanting of responses"

"Social pressure from others in the group induces individuals to slant their responses or to silently acquiesce to what they believe will be acceptable to the group"
https://books.google.com/books?id=DEeCeCz7KtAC&pg=PA134&lpg=...

"Finally, CM advocates argue, it reduces the chances that respondents can employ strategic behavior and tilt their responses to encourage their preferred policy option, rather than making responses which reflect their actual preferences."
https://books.google.com/books?id=brDcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA137&lpg=...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 03:34
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Distortion


Explanation:
see discussion

Daniel Arnold (X)
Australia
Local time: 08:34
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
faking / test faking


Explanation:
"Ein Grund für die Zurückhaltung der Deutschen gegenüber Persönlichkeitstests waren Vorurteile bezüglich der Akzeptanz dieser Verfahren (Schuler, Hell, Trapmann, Schaar & Boramir, 2007) sowie die Sorge um negative Effekte der Möglichkeit der Verfälschung („Faking“) auf die Kriteriumsvalidität (Ones, Viswesvaran & Reiss, 1996). "

"Testfaking (Verfälschung) Dieser zweite Problembereich erweist sich als deutlich ..."

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-10-30 21:59:43 GMT)
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Absichtliche Testverfälschung. Diese wird auch Faking genannt und tritt vor allem in subjektiven Tests auf.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2015-10-31 05:32:24 GMT)
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Then perhaps "dissimulation / deceptive behaviour"? e.g. "candidates may exaggerate their ability and present false personality traits of themselves. However, some research found out that faking not only threatens the validity but also associate with other forms of deceptive behaviour (Peterson, Griffith, Isaacson, O’Connell & Mangos 2011)."

Test warnings often refer to faking though e.g. https://books.google.ie/books?id=XAdd3JBiaMkC&pg=PA194


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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2015-10-31 21:17:54 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks. Yes, the ST seems to need more than one term.


    https://books.google.ie/books?id=Y4990CfV3wgC&pg=PA126
    Reference: http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/229070/files/4739....
DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 07:34
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
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Thanks to all. This was molst helpful because of the documentation. Daniel's discussion of the German was helpful too, but I had to choose one. I'm actually using both.
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