83 undergraduates at the University of Texas (Austin) were administered two forms of the MAS, E, and N scales. One form called for traditional true/false responses (scored 2/1); the other, responses along a 6-point continuum (scored +3/–3). Correlations and reliability estimates for the scales under both conditions reflect the equivalence of the scoring methods.
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