Personality Scale Testing & Appraisal
M3 Personality Scale Testing & Appraisal Psychology of the Individual: Personality and IntelligenceTask and Assignment Instruction: 1Task and Structure You will search for and choose an empirical personality scale and assess 5-10 participants on it. The scale must consist of no more than 15 items. The scale should address one dimension of personality, accordingly, from a personality scale that has more than 15 items, you can choose a subscale that relates to only one dimension of personality. Possible scales could include: § Any dimension or subdimension of the BIG Five § Personality traits like for example the Need for Cognition § Any other scales (for example Emotional Intelligence or other personality- or attitude-associated scales) The scale must consist of a Likert-Scale with 4-7 intervals.Choose an empirical personality scale and assess 5-10 participants
Summary Details:• Max. 15 items• Select the part/items of the scale and assess one personality dimension (e.g. subdimension of BIG FIVE, personality trait, emotional intelligence, attitude associated scales)• Likert-Scale with 4-7 intervals• Ensure individual, anonymous and voluntary testing• Analysis of results and testing, discussionTask and Assignment Instruction: 21. Introduction / Description of scale and choice of scale• Description about search on the selected scale• Overview of the selected items• Descriptive statistics of the norm sample• Psychometric parameters of the scale (validity and reliability)2. Methodology of data collection• Description of the assessed sample• Description of recruiting of participants• Description of the process of data collection
3. Report of results and analysis of data• Descriptive statistics including:• Mean and standard deviation of each item• Mean and standard deviation of the scale• Descriptive comparison of own sample and a norm sample• Descriptive comparison on two different groups
4. Discussion• Arisen problems• Received positive and negative feedback by participants• What was learned about personality scale-testing?• What would be done differently next time
5. Summary and conclusion• Font typeo Arial, 11 pt. or Times New Roman, 12 pt.o Line spacing 1.5x line spacingo Side margins 2.54 cm (each margin) Text alignment Justifiedo Scope 1000 – 1500 words plus reference listo Format PDF