The Unsampled Truth: Psychometrics in SLMs Measure Prompt Artifacts, Not Psychological Constructs

Nils Schwager, Christoph Hau, Simon M\"unker, Achim Rettinger

Jun 3, 2026 at 04:00

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arXiv:2606.03357v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: When prompting SLMs for psychometric assessments, researchers assume the outputs reflect semantic reasoning. We evaluate this premise across 13 open-weights models (0.6B to 14B parameters) using a prompt variation framework that separates semantic signals from prompt artifacts. By systematically...

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