<Li> Self - descriptive sentence questionnaires </Li> <Li> Self - report questionnaires </Li> <Li> Relative - scored Big 5 measure </Li> <P> The most frequently used measures of the Big Five comprise either items that are self - descriptive sentences or, in the case of lexical measures, items that are single adjectives . Due to the length of sentence - based and some lexical measures, short forms have been developed and validated for use in applied research settings where questionnaire space and respondent time are limited, such as the 40 - item balanced International English Big - Five Mini-Markers or a very brief (10 item) measure of the Big Five domains . Research has suggested that some methodologies in administering personality tests are inadequate in length and provide insufficient detail to truly evaluate personality . Usually, longer, more detailed questions will give a more accurate portrayal of personality . The five factor structure has been replicated in peer reports . However, many of the substantive findings rely on self - reports . </P>

Recently the big five model of personality has become widely accepted