Shortcomings of the Sociosexual Orientation Inventory: Can psychometrics inform evolutionary psychology?

Martin Voracek

Behavioral and brain sciences, vol. 28, no. 2, 2005, pp. 296–297

Abstract

Simpson and Gangestad’s (1991) Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI) is pivotal in Schmitt’s cross-national study on sociosexuality. Here I elaborate on psychometric shortcomings of the SOI that are crucial in this research context.

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