Social Intelligence Scale Manual
Social Intelligence Scale Manual
Social Intelligence Scale Manual
FOR
SOCIAL
INTELLIGENCE I
SCALE
Dr. N. K. Clhadha
P.G Departncnt of Psychology
University of Delhi
DELHI
alid
Usha Ganesan
MOLOGCA
4GRA
to5 experts and the necessary changes introduced. 91 items which met with 10o
percent approvalamongst the judges were retained.
These items were then tested for social desirability witn the help of five
experts. The items were rated on a 9 point rating scale ranging from 'extremly
desirable", through "Neutral'" to"extremely undersirable." (Edward, 1957). The
items were allretained and subjected to item añalysis.
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ITEM ANALYSIS
The scale was administered to an unselected sample of 300
(150 Males and
150 Fenmales) for the purpose of item analysis, This
sample was drawn from a
opulation of university students pursuing avariety of cOurses.
In the case of 6 dimensions (Patience,
Confidence, Cooperativeness,
Sensitivity, Sense of Humour and recognition of Social Environment) the
subject
was given a choice of three alternatives for each item and
was asked to choOse
One. In the case of the first four
dimensions (Patience, Cooperativeness,
Confidence, and Sensitivity) socres of 1, 2 and3 were given to three
response
alternatives. For e.g., in the confidence dimension a score of 3 would indicate a
h:gh degree of confidence, a score of 1 a lack of
confidence and a score of 2
wOuld reveal moderate confidence. In the other two
dimensions (Sense of
Humour and Recognition of Social Environment) one of three
alternatives given is
lhe appropriate response. This response when given wes
alloted of scores of 1. In
the case of the Tactfulness' dimension the
responses were in the form of Yes' or
"No'. The apprIpriate response was awardeda score of 1'.
The last dimension
that of Memory was scored '1' or '0' depending on
whether or not the subject's
Tesponse was 'ight or 'wrong'.
In the case of four dimensions (Tactfulness, Sense of Humour, Recognition
of Social Environment and Memory) the Phi
Co-efficient was calculated cn the
basis of the high and low group on the one hand
and the scores of 1 or 0 on the
other. These values were then converted into
Chi-Square. For the remaining four
dunensions (Patience, Confidence, Co-operativeness and Sensivity) the Chi
Square values were calculated based on the expected and
observed outcomes
lor caclh item, using the entire sample of 300. The
items having Non-Significant
Chi-Square Values were dropped from the scale at this point. Two
levels of
Significance that is 5% and 1% were taken as the criterion for dropping the
A total of 66 iterms were retained in the Final
items.
scale.
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INDEPENDENCE OF DIMENSIONS
A Patience
B. Co-operativeness 11
C. Confidence
D. Sensitivity
E. Recognition of Social Environment
3
7
F. Tactfulness
G. Sense of dumour 8
12
H. Memory
TOTAL 66
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SCORING KEY
Scoring key of the present scale is given as folloNS
Scoring Key for (A)- Patience
4 2
2 1
15 1
16 1 2
20 1 2
27 1 2
33 3 1
36 2 1
Scores Awarded.
Scores Awarded.
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Scoring Key for (C) -Confidence
3
3 2
7 3 2 1
11 2 3 1
12 2 3 1
19 1
2
23 2 1
30 1 2 3
35 1 2 3
Scores Awarded.
Scores Awarded.
31
Scores Awarded.
Scoring Key for (F)Tactfuiness
Items Nos. Response Alternatives
Yes No
40
1
41
1
42
1
43 1
44
45 1
1
Scores Awarded.
Scoring Key for (G) Sense of Humour
Scores Awarded.
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Scoring Key for (H) Memory
RELIABILITY
In the present Scale test, retest and split half techniqueS ere employed to
find the reliability co-efficients. For finding the split-half reliability a sample of 150
(75 males and 75 females) was taken. The followirig coefficients were obtained
split
determine the retest reliability the previous sample used for
In orderto following
administered the scale after a period of 15 days. The
half was
CO-efficients were obtained:
Test-Retest Reliability Co-efficients
Rel. Coeff.
Areas
.94
A. Patience
.91
B. Cooperativeness
.90
C. Confidence
.93
D. Sensitivity
.95
E. Recognition of Social Environment
.84
F. Tactfulness
.92
G. Sense of Humour
.97
H. Memory
VALIDINY
Correlation between
Dimension
Two Groups
A. Patience .82
B. Cooperativeness .91
C. Confidence -85
D. Sensitivity .75
F. Tactfulness -75
H. Memory 94
27 67
28 76
29 82
30 88
31 92
32 94
33 96
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10 11 2
11 12 4
12 1 13 6
13 2 14
14 6 15 12
15 16 17
16 15 17 24
17 75 18 31
18 38 19 39
19 50 20 48
20 63 21 57
21 75 22 66
22 84 23 74
23 90 24 81
24 95 25 86
26 90
27 93
93
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(F) Tacttulness
(G)Sense of Humour
Raw Scores
Percentile RawScores Percentile
10 3 22
2
17
32
3
25
54
4
35
S6
5 46 7 68
58
7
69
(H) Memory
Ravw SCores
Percentile
3
18
21
5
25
31
7
33
38
9 42
10 47
11 52
12 57
13 62
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Qualitative Descriptionof the Scores on the Scale
(A)-Patience
Percentile Score
Qualitative Description
0-20
Upto 16 Very Low
21-40
Upto 18 Low
41-60 Upto19
Average
61-80
Upto 21 High,
81-100 Upto 24 Very High
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(D) - Sensitivity
Qualitative Description
Score
Percentile
Upto 16 Very High
0-20
Uoto 19 High
21 -40
Upto 21 Average
41-60
Upto 23 Low
61-80
Upto 25 Very Low
81-100
Environment
(E)- Recognition of Social
Qualitative Description
Percentile Score
1 Low
0-- 40
41--60
2 Average
61-100
High
(F) Tactfulness
Score
Qualitative Description
Percentile
Upto 4 LOw
0-40
Upto 4 Low
0 40
(H) Memory
Percentile Score Qualitative Description
0-20 Upto 8 Low
41-60 Upto 12 Average
61- 100 Upto13 High
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE SCALE (Hindi version)
Reliability
Test-Retest Reliatbility - 0-857**
Significant at .01 level (2-Tailed)
Validity
Engish:Hindi Correlation - 0.912**
**
Significan: at .01 level (2-Tailed)
PERCENTILE NORMS (N =100)
Sr. No. Percentile Scores
1. 95 125
2. 90 121
3. 75 115
4. 50 104
5. 25 86
6. 10 76
7. 05 71
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