Personality Scales for Intelligent Adults - Statistics of Antisocial scale

© Paul Cooijmans

Introduction

These statistics are from the version of the PSIA that was in use from 2003 to 2007, and was highly similar to the later Revision 2007. The scores are t-scores (mean = 50, σ = 10) normed on an earlier group (partly overlapping this one) so this group may not have an exact mean and σ of 50 and 10. An explanation of the scale can be found through the test's order page.

Explanatory and analytical remarks regarding the interpretation of the statistics are purposely largely avoided, so it is up to the reader to study the report carefully and thus obtain a clear impression of the test's validity — that is, "what it measures". Although the statistics sometimes reveal an almost chilling discriminative power, experience shows that explicitly observing that in a remark tends to evoke negative responses in persons who recognize themselves ("Your remark betrays that your are biased! The test only measures your personal biases!", et cetera).

Scores on PSIA Antisocial as of 18 February 2023

Contents type: Personality test other than for mental ability.   Period: 2003-2007

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63 *
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68 *
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71 *
72 **
74 *
75 *
88 *

Scores by males

n = 238

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61 *******
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74 *
88 *

Scores by females

n = 57

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75 *

Correlation of PSIA Antisocial with other mental ability tests

Test name n r
Qoymans Automatic Test #140.97
The Marathon Test40.84
Mega Test (Ronald K. Hoeflin)40.83
Qoymans Automatic Test #240.77
Graduate Record Examination50.75
Cito-toets50.73
Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (I.Q.)60.70
Daedalus Test40.67
American College Testing program70.66
Sigma Test (Melão Hindemburg)100.62
The Nemesis Test80.55
Qoymans Automatic Test #350.54
Spatial Insight Test140.52
Strict Logic Spatial Exam 48 (Jonathan Wai)40.50
Cattell Culture Fair120.49
Tests by Nicolas Elenas (aggregate)60.49
Cooijmans On-Line Test60.39
Cartoons of Shock80.39
Odds70.38
Scholastic Aptitude Test (old)80.37
Verbal section of The Marathon Test40.34
Numbers160.27
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 2200.24
Culture Fair Numerical Spatial Examination - Final version (Etienne Forsström)120.23
European I.Q. Test60.21
Problems In Gentle Slopes of the second degree40.18
Verbal section of Test For Genius - Revision 2004260.18
Strict Logic Sequences Exam I (Jonathan Wai)200.17
Space, Time, and Hyperspace230.17
Cooijmans On-Line Test - Two-barrelled version40.17
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 170.12
International High IQ Society tests (aggregate)220.12
Numerical Insight Test80.12
Logima Strictica 36 (Robert Lato)160.12
Isis Test130.06
Non-Verbal Cognitive Performance Examination (Xavier Jouve)200.05
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #4910.04
916 Test (Laurent Dubois)50.04
Reason Behind Multiple-Choice110.03
Long Test For Genius90.02
Lieshout International Mesospheric Intelligence Test170.01
The Final Test22-0.00
W-87 (International Society for Philosophical Enquiry)7-0.00
Tests by Greg Grove (aggregate)14-0.00
Association subtest of Long Test For Genius14-0.02
Test For Genius - Revision 200426-0.05
KIT Intelligence Test - first attempts9-0.09
The Test To End All Tests16-0.13
Reason13-0.14
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #26-0.15
The Sargasso Test11-0.15
Psychometric Qrosswords5-0.16
Spatial section of Test For Genius - Revision 200426-0.17
Spatial section of The Marathon Test6-0.17
Unknown and miscellaneous tests57-0.18
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 44-0.18
Test of Inductive Reasoning / J.C.T.I. (Xavier Jouve)8-0.19
Test of the Beheaded Man9-0.20
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #17-0.23
Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (raw)8-0.24
The Bonsai Test - Revision 20165-0.26
Scholastic Aptitude Test (new)4-0.30
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 39-0.30
Bonsai Test6-0.31
Evens4-0.32
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #325-0.35
Numerical and spatial sections of The Marathon Test6-0.35
Epiq Tests (aggregate)7-0.36
Words4-0.37
Associative LIMIT7-0.37
Analogies of Long Test For Genius13-0.39
Short Test For Genius4-0.39
Test of Shock and Awe9-0.40
Genius Association Test29-0.41
Titan Test (Ronald K. Hoeflin)8-0.45
Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bill Bultas)4-0.46
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #56-0.47
Numerical section of The Marathon Test6-0.53
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales12-0.60
Narcissus' last stand4-0.68
Reason Behind Multiple-Choice - Revision 20086-0.69
Problems In Gentle Slopes of the third degree5-0.71
Reason - Revision 20086-0.77
Reflections In Peroxide4-0.81
Letters4-0.88

Weighted average of correlations: -0.006 (N = 950)

Estimated g factor loading: -0.08

Ranking in above table is based on the unrounded correlations. All available data is present in this table, no tests are left out except for those with less than 4 score pairs. All known pairs are used, including possible floor/ceiling scores or outliers.

Correlation of PSIA Antisocial with other tests - for females

Test name n r
(80) Qoymans Multiple-Choice #411-0.35
(242) Unknown and miscellaneous tests4-0.58

Weighted average of correlations: -0.415 (N = 15)

Estimated g factor loading among females: -0.64

Ranking in above table is based on the unrounded correlations. All available data is present in this table, no tests are left out except for those with less than 4 score pairs. All known pairs are used, including possible floor/ceiling scores or outliers.

Estimated loadings of PSIA Antisocial on particular item types

These are estimated g factor loadings, but against homogeneous tests (containing only particular item types) as opposed to non-compound heterogeneous tests. Although tending to surprise the lay person, it is not uncommon for tests to have high loadings on item types they do not actually contain themselves. Such loadings reflect the empirical fact that most tests for mental abilities measure primarily g, regardless of their contents; that the major part of test score variance is caused by g, and only a minor part by factors germane to particular item types. It is of key importance to understand that this is a fact of nature, a natural phenomenon, and not something that was built into the tests by the test constructors.

Typeng loading of PSIA Antisocial on that type
Verbal276-0.34
Numerical610.34
Spatial900.30
Logical37-0.28
Heterogeneous1980.26

N = 662

Compound tests have been left out of this table to avoid overlap.

Balanced g loading = 0.05

National means for PSIA Antisocial

Country n mean score
Mexico356.67
Brazil754.29
Norway551.00
South_Africa450.50
Turkey450.50
United_States9850.19
Netherlands3449.88
India1249.75
China349.33
Poland349.33
Canada947.11
Belgium846.75
Australia646.67
Yugoslavia546.60
Korea_South346.33
Germany1245.67
Israel444.50
United_Kingdom1344.08
Sweden1742.94
Italy342.67
Spain642.50
Finland541.40

For reasons of privacy, only countries with 3 or more candidates are included in this table. Ranking is based on the unrounded means, and then alphabetic.

Correlation with national I.Q.'s of PSIA Antisocial

Correlation of this test with national average I.Q.'s published by Lynn and Vanhanen:

Correlation of PSIA Antisocial with personal details

Personalia n r
PSIA Rare2950.47
PSIA Cruel2950.41
PSIA Aspergoid2950.35
PSIA Neurotic2950.35
PSIA Deviance factor2950.35
Gifted Adult's Inventory of Aspergerisms180.26
Year of birth2920.23
PSIA Just2950.22
PSIA Introverted2950.18
Disorders (own)2920.14
Disorders (parents and siblings)2910.12
Mother's educational level2790.11
Observed associative horizon100.10
Father's educational level2770.08
PSIA Extreme2950.06
Sex2950.03
PSIA Cold295-0.09
PSIA System factor47-0.11
PSIA True295-0.13
Educational level292-0.18
PSIA Orderly295-0.18
PSIA Rational295-0.24
PSIA Ethics factor295-0.30
Observed behaviour19-0.44
Cooijmans Inventory of Neo-Marxist Attitudes9-0.56

Correlation with personal details of PSIA Antisocial - within females

Personalia n r
PSIA Rare570.48
PSIA Cruel570.46
PSIA Neurotic570.40
PSIA Aspergoid570.35
PSIA Deviance factor570.34
PSIA Just570.24
Disorders (own)550.19
Disorders (parents and siblings)540.18
Mother's educational level470.11
PSIA Introverted570.10
Year of birth550.08
Father's educational level470.06
PSIA Extreme57-0.01
PSIA Cold57-0.04
Educational level55-0.07
PSIA System factor10-0.08
PSIA True57-0.17
PSIA Orderly57-0.36
PSIA Rational57-0.37
PSIA Ethics factor57-0.37

Correlation with personal details of PSIA Antisocial - within males

Personalia n r
PSIA Rare2380.47
PSIA Cruel2380.40
PSIA Aspergoid2380.35
PSIA Neurotic2380.35
PSIA Deviance factor2380.35
Gifted Adult's Inventory of Aspergerisms150.26
Year of birth2370.26
Observed associative horizon90.25
PSIA Just2380.22
PSIA Introverted2380.20
Disorders (own)2370.14
Mother's educational level2320.12
Disorders (parents and siblings)2370.11
Father's educational level2300.08
PSIA Extreme2380.08
PSIA Cold238-0.11
PSIA System factor37-0.12
PSIA True238-0.12
PSIA Orderly238-0.15
Educational level237-0.21
PSIA Rational238-0.23
PSIA Ethics factor238-0.29
Cooijmans Inventory of Neo-Marxist Attitudes8-0.39
Observed behaviour18-0.44

Estimated g factor loadings for restricted ranges

In parentheses the number of score pairs on which that estimated g factor loading is based. The goal of this is to verify the hypothesis that g becomes less important, accounts for a smaller proportion of the variance, at higher I.Q. levels. The mere fact of restricting the range like this also depresses the g loading compared to computing it over the test's full range, so it would be normal for these values to be lower than the test's full-range g loading.

Below 1st quartile0.49 (280)
Below median0.39 (539)
Above median-0.43 (344)
Above 3rd quartile-0.56 (203)

The g loading, about zero on the whole, is positive in the bottom half and negative in the upper half.