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1 PsychTests.com advancing psychology and technology Tel fax CP Normandie PO Box l Montreal, Quebec l H3M 3E8 contact@psychtests.com Psychometric Report Meticulousness Test

2 Description: A 21-item test assessing meticulousness. Low scores indicate a lack of meticulousness; high scores indicate extreme meticulousness. The test yields an overall meticulousness score, a personalized interpretation of the results, and tips on how to increase meticulousness. Reference: St. Jean, T., Jerabek, I. (2001). Meticulousness Test. PsychTests.com, Sample Size: 768 Sample Description: The sample used in this study includes men and women, aged 11 to 63, who took the test on the Queendom.com website. Number of questions: 21 Copyright Plumeus Inc

3 Descriptive Statistics See Annex 1 for Descriptive statistics Distribution for the Meticulousness Test The distribution of the scores is shown in red; the normal curve is represented by the black line. The scores are displayed on the x-axis. The y-axis corresponds to the number of respondents who fall into the relevant score range. 140 METICULOUSNESS Frequency Std. Dev = Mean = N = Meticulousness Score Copyright Plumeus Inc

4 Reliability and Internal Consistency Score (21 items) Inter-Item Consistency Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha: Split-Half Reliability Correlation between forms: Spearman-Brown formula: Unequal Guttman s formula: Copyright Plumeus Inc

5 Criterion and Construct Validity 1. Relationship between meticulousness score and frequency of being reprimanded for inattention to detail: Question #1: How often do other people (i.e. your boss, teachers, family) reprimand you for making little mistakes? VALUE="1" > Never VALUE="2" > Every few months VALUE="3" > On a monthly basis VALUE= 4 > On a weekly basis VALUE= 5 > On a daily basis Significant score differences were found among groups of subjects depending on how meticulous others considered them to be. Subjects who are often reprimanded by others for making little mistakes had the lowest meticulousness scores. Subjects who report rarely or never being reprimanded for mistakes had the highest meticulousness scores. The relationship is relatively linear the less others reprimand the subject for little mistakes, the higher the subject s meticulousness score. The effects are robust. See Annex 2 for a table showing homogeneous subsets. F (4,61) = p < METICULOUSNESS SCORE AND REPRIMAND FOR MISTAKES 80 Mean Meticulousness Score Never Every few months On a monthly basis On a weekly basis On a daily basis How often do others reprimand you for making little mistakes? Copyright Plumeus Inc

6 2. Relationship between meticulousness score and attitude towards importance of detail: Question #2: How important do you think details are? VALUE="1" > Not important at all VALUE="2" > Not very important VALUE="3" > Somewhat important VALUE= 4 > Very important VALUE= 5 > Extremely important Significant score differences were found among groups of subjects depending on how important details were to them. Subjects who regarded details as unimportant had the lowest meticulousness scores. Subjects who reported that details are important had the highest meticulousness scores. The relationship is relatively linear the more importance placed on detail, the higher the meticulousness score. The effects are robust. See Annex 3 for a table showing homogeneous subsets. F (3,62) = p < METICULOUSNESS SCORE AND IMPORTANCE OF DETAILS 80 Mean Meticulousness Score Not important at all Somewhat important Extremely important How important do you think details are? Copyright Plumeus Inc

7 ANNEX 1- Descriptive Statistics N 768 Mean Std. Error of Mean.545 Median Mode 63 Std. Deviation Variance Skewness Std. Error of Skewness.088 Kurtosis.162 Std. Error of Kurtosis.176 Range 87 Minimum 13 Maximum 100 Sum Percentiles Copyright Plumeus Inc

8 ANNEX 2 Homogeneous Subsets The following table present s the homogeneous subsets for meticulousness score with respect to how often the subjects are reprimanded for inattention to detail. METICULOUSNESS SCORE Tukey HSD How often do other people reprimand you for making little mistakes? N Subset for alpha = On a daily basis On a weekly basis On a monthly basis Every few months Never Significance Means for groups in homogeneous subsets are displayed. a. Uses Harmonic Mean Sample Size = b. The group sizes are unequal. The harmonic mean of the group sizes is used. Type I error levels are not guaranteed. Copyright Plumeus Inc

9 ANNEX 3 Homogeneous Subsets The following table presents the homogeneous subsets for meticulousness score with respect to the level of importance placed on detail. METICULOUSNESS SCORE Tukey HSD N Subset for alpha =.05 How important do you think details are? Not important at all Somewhat important Extremely important Significance Means for groups in homogeneous subsets are displayed. a Uses Harmonic Mean Sample Size = b The group sizes are unequal. The harmonic mean of the group sizes is used. Type I error levels are not guaranteed. Copyright Plumeus Inc