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Empathizing Quotient Cat Object
Description
Cat object containing item parameters for graded response model fit with responses to the 40-item Empathy Quotient personality inventory
Usage
data(empathy_cat)
Format
An object of class Cat
of length 1.
Details
Cat object containing item parameters for graded response model fit with 13976 response profiles collected by myPersonality Project, 3050 response profiles collected by Qualtrics in June 2018, and 1500 response profiles collected by YouGov in June 2018. The sample from myPersonality Project was a convenience sample, and the respondents from YouGov were matched to a sampling frame on gender, age, race, and education.
See Cat-class
for details regarding the Cat object structure.
See grmCat
for details regarding the graded response model.
A normal prior was chosen with mean from the theta estimates from the YouGov sample (-0.363) and a standard deviation (1.5) wide enough to envelope the range of estimated theta values across both samples.
Note that due to how the item parameters were estimated, large, positive values indicate "more" of the latent trait.
Response options are 1=Strongly disagree; 2=Slightly disagree; 3=Slightly agree; 4=Strongly agree
The wording of the question items:
q1
I can easily tell if someone else wants to enter a conversation.
q4
I find it difficult to explain to others things that I understand easily, when they don't understand it first time.
q6
I really enjoy caring for other people.
q8
I find it hard to know what to do in a social situation.
q10
People often tell me that I went too far in driving my point home in a discussion.
q11
It doesn't bother me too much if I am late meeting a friend.
q12
Friendships and relationships are just too difficult, so I tend not to bother with them.
q14
I often find it difficult to judge if something is rude or polite.
q15
In a conversation, I tend to focus on my own thoughts rather than on what my listener might be thinking.
q18
When I was a child, I enjoyed cutting up worms to see what would happen.
q19
I can pick up quickly if someone says one thing but means another.
q21
It is hard for me to see why some things upset people so much.
q22
I find it easy to put myself in somebody else's shoes.
q25
I am good at predicting how someone will feel.
q26
I am quick to spot when someone in a group is feeling awkward or uncomfortable.
q27
If I say something that someone else is offended by, I think that that's their problem, not mine.
q28
If anyone asked me if I liked their haircut, I would reply truthfully, even if I didn't like it.
q29
I can't always see why someone should have felt offended by a remark.
q32
Seeing people cry doesn't really upset me.
q34
I am very blunt, which some people take to be rudeness, even though this is unintentional.
q35
I don't tend to find social situations confusing.
q36
Other people tell me I am good at understanding how they are feeling and what they are thinking.
q37
When I talk to people, I tend to talk about their experiences rather than my own.
q38
It upsets me to see an animal in pain.
q39
I am able to make decisions without being influenced by people's feelings.
q41
I can easily tell if someone else is interested or bored with what I am saying.
q42
I get upset if I see people suffering on news programs.
q43
Friends usually talk to me about their problems as they say that I am very understanding.
q44
I can sense if I am intruding, even if the other person doesn't tell me.
q46
People sometimes tell me that I have gone too far with teasing.
q48
Other people often say that I am insensitive, though I don't always see why.
q49
If I see a stranger in a group, I think that it is up to them to make an effort to join in.
q50
I usually stay emotionally detached when watching a film.
q52
I can tune into how someone else feels rapidly and intuitively.
q54
I can easily work out what another person might want to talk about.
q55
I can tell if someone is masking their true emotion.
q57
I don't consciously work out the rules of social situations.
q58
I am good at predicting what someone will do.
q59
I tend to get emotionally involved with a friend's problems.
q60
I can usually appreciate the other person's viewpoint, even if I don't agree with it.
Source
See https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/pdsl for the raw YouGov and/or Qualtrics data.
References
Baron-Cohen, Simon, and Sally Wheelwright. "The empathy quotient: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high functioning autism, and normal sex differences." Journal of autism and developmental disorders 34, no. 2 (2004): 163-175.
Stillwell, David, and Michal Kosinski. 2007. "myPersonality Project." https://sites.google.com/michalkosinski.com/mypersonality