Dr Rodriquez Is Considering Conducting a Study Examining Whether Narcissistic

question 53

Multiple Choice

Dr. Rodriquez is considering conducting a study examining whether narcissistic people have poorer romantic relationships than those who are not narcissistic. One of her first tasks is to determine which of her participants are narcissistic and which are not. She decides to use the scale created by a colleague, the Donal scale. Question 1 reads, "I tend not to think about other people as much as I think about myself." Question 2 reads, "I do not have a high opinion of myself." Question 3 reads, "I think other people think I am really special."
Dr) Rodriquez decides to test the internal reliability of her measure. Which of the following results would make her happy?

• A)↑ = 0.10
• B)↑ = −0.03
• C)↑ = 0.95
• D)↑ = −0.98

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