Ps 205 Term Paper

In PS 205, the class has learned the importance of conducting studies that are reliable and valid. Self-reporting scales are useful measuring psychological constructs

Purpose of new scale : to generate a new scale and quantify he reliability and validity of that scale

We predict that it would gae good internal reliability and high correlation with the big 5 extraversion scale and no correlation with the social desirability scale

Method

Participants

Once the survey was generated each class member was assigned to find 3 random participants. The sample was made up of a total of 42 participants. 35% of the participants where males, 64% where females, and none of the participants identified as nonconforming. 88% of the participants where native

The survey asks participants to indicate whether they agree with the statements on a sliding scale from SD (strongly disagree) to SA (strongly agree). Cronbach’s alpha was .768. The questions where geared to be positively answered by extroversion personalities or negatively answered by introversion personalities. Allowing an equal amount of options for both personalities. The scoring for this survey ranged from SD = -2, D = -1, N = 0, A = 1, SA = 2. For questions geared towards introverted personalities the scores where reversed SD = 2, D = 1, N = 0, A = -1, SA = -2

Attached to the new PS 205 survey was also the Social Desirability Scale. This scale was designed to assess whether respondents are responding truthfully or are misrepresenting themselves in order to manage their self-presentation (Crowne, D. P. & Marlow, D. et al., 1960). This scale is made up of 33 questions, but for this study only 16, (picked randomly), where used. Participants were asked to respond either true or false as it related to their personality. The scoring for this survey was the sum of the 16 questions, identified as True = 1; False = 0 or True = 0; False = 1 depending on the