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Once the reverse scoring has been done, we can calculate the total score by adding all positively worded items and reverse scoring of the negatively worded items.The following SPSS syntax commands perform the computation of the new variable EVENT_SHIFT, based on the time intervals that you described. For reverse scoring, we can take the help of following Recode function. So if we have to calculate the total score of a person first, we will reverse score all these items, which have been marked by an asterisk(*). This is the standard practice followed in the scale development exercise. All these items for the sake of convenience have been marked by an asterisk (*) at their end. So for this, we have to reverse score all those questions, which are negative that is measuring Neuroticism or measuring Introversion. So for this, a total score on this scale should reflect high Extroversion and high Stability. If somebody wants to find out the total score where the desirability of that person should be high at Extroversion and high on Stability and it should be low on Introversion and low on Instability. I often feel alone is part of Introversion.
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For example, all those items which are negative or which we consider as negative personality trades not desirable for the workplace like I often feel sad, and I prefer being alone. So for that, we need to reverse score certain items. So if we have to calculate the total score of the subject based on these 15 items, we cannot do total as it is because that will not reflect the true score of the individuals either as a positive personality or negative personality. We want a total score reflecting how positive an individual's personality is or how negative an individual's personality is because we are looking for an overall picture. We know that certain items measure the trades that are negative, for example, Instability or Neuroticism. Suppose somebody asks us to find out the total score of the subject on the scale. So it is the extent to which individuals are oriented towards others outgoing or oriented towards themselves. Stability, or we can call it Stability Vs. This is the characteristic of those people who are stable by nature. For example, I often feel sad or being often sad, or moody is the basic characteristic of Neurotic person or those persons who are unstable by nature.Īs compared to this, the Stability dimension measures the extent to which a person is stable in his behavior. Neuroticism measures the extent to which a person is unstable or the extent of Instability in personality predisposition. For example, in the case of Q1_N, the dimension is Neuroticism. Some dimensions are positive, and others are negative. They measure four different dimensions of personality. If we look at the personality scale, it consists of 15 items. We use the recode function because it is required. If we want to change the responses or values assigning to a variable, we can use the Recode function. These are the four-measure dimensions, and all these questions measure one of the four dimensions mentioned in the scale. The items measure various personality dimensions of the subject like their introversion and extroversion traits, and the extent to their Stability or Unstability. There are 15 items, as shown in the following diagram. When we click on the Data View option, we can see that all the responses have been scored on the 7 point rating scale. Basically, they are the questions items of a scale, and there are 15 questions for measuring the different dimensions of personality. For example, the following data set has certain variables. Record is a kind of function available in the SPSS Transform menu, which can help us in recoding the values that we assign to a variable. Before going into that, we need to understand what recode can do for us. So we will learn when we use these two different functions. Recode function is located in the Transform menu, and it comes into two varieties Recode into the same variables and Recode into different variables like this: In this section, we will learn about the Recode function in SPSS.