CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF NERIS TYPE EXPLORER® SCALE – A TOOL FOR PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

The research explored the validity and reliability of the NERIS Type Explorer® Scale. A total of 1067 management students comprising from fifteen cities of the Gujarat state of India participated, selected by using a probability-based cluster sampling method. A survey design was employed to generate the personality profile of management students of Gujarat. Quantitative data were analysed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) using SPSS 23 and AMOS 18. The CFA approach verified the NERIS Type Explorer® Scale of personality assessment was satisfactory in the context of management students from Gujarat. This positive empirical evidence supports the greater importance of validating and confirming the scale of personality assessment relative to generate personality profiles