ipsatize

English

Etymology

ipsative +‎ -ize

Verb

ipsatize (third-person singular simple present ipsatizes, present participle ipsatizing, simple past and past participle ipsatized)

1. (transitive) To make ipsative.
   • 2007 December 12, Richard A. Lippa, “Sex Differences and Sexual Orientation Differences in Personality: Findings from the BBC Internet Survey”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI:

     Occupational preference items are often corrected for “elevation response set”—the general tendency for respondents to prefer many or few occupations—by computing ipsatized items (e.g., subtracting from each item the individual’s mean rating on all items) (Lippa, 1998; Prediger, 1982; Tracey & Rounds, 1993).

Related terms

• ipsatization