Personality {NormData}

Data of the Openness scale of a personality test

Description

These are the data of the Openness subscale of International Personality Item Pool (ipip.ori.org). This subscale consists of 5 items: 1 = I am full of ideas, 2 = I avoid difficult reading material, 3 = I carry the conversation to a higher level, 4 = I spend time reflecting on things, and 5 = I will not probe deeply into a subject. Each item is scored on a 6-point response scale with answer categories 1 = very inaccurate, 2 = moderately inaccurate, 3 = slightly inaccurate, 4 = slightly accurate, 5 = moderately accurate, and 6 = very accurate. The Openness scale score corresponds to the sum of the individual item scores, with items 2 and 5 being reverse scored. The raw Openness scale score ranges between 5 and 30. A higher score is indicative of higher levels of curiosity, intellectualism, imagination, and aesthetic interests (McCrae, 1994).

The data were collected as part of the Synthetic Apeture Personality Assessment (SAPA http://sapa-project.org) web-based personality assessment project.

Usage

data(Personality)

Format

A data.frame with 2137 observations on 3 variables.

Id

The Id number of the participant.

LE

The Level of Education (LE) of the participant, coded as 1 = less than high school, 2 = finished high school, 3 = some college but did not graduate, 4 = college graduate, and 5 = graduate degree.

Openness

Level of Openness.

References

McCrae, R. R. (1994). Openness to Experience: expanding the boundaries of factor V. European Journal of Personality, 8, 251-272.

Van der Elst, W. (2024). Regression-based normative data for psychological assessment: A hands-on approach using R. Springer Nature.