CSIV - Scoring

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Below is a sample SPSS program for scoring the CSIV.

 

* PA = +A, BC = +A-C, DE = -C, FG = -A-C,

  HI = -A, JK = -A+C, LM = +C, NO = +A+C.

 

* Compute csiv raw scores.

 

COMPUTE PA = (v01+v09+v17+v25+v33+v41+v49+v57)/8.

COMPUTE BC = (v04+v12+v20+v28+v36+v44+v52+v60)/8.

COMPUTE DE = (v07+v15+v23+v31+v39+v47+v55+v63)/8.

COMPUTE FG = (v02+v10+v18+v26+v34+v42+v50+v58)/8.

COMPUTE HI = (v05+v13+v21+v29+v37+v45+v53+v61)/8.

COMPUTE JK = (v08+v16+v24+v32+v40+v48+v56+v64)/8.

COMPUTE LM = (v03+v11+v19+v27+v35+v43+v51+v59)/8.

COMPUTE NO = (v06+v14+v22+v30+v38+v46+v54+v62)/8.

COMPUTE csivmean = (PA+BC+DE+FG+HI+JK+LM+NO)/8.

 

* Compute scores for the four "cardinal" unipolar vectors.

COMPUTE rawC = .414*(LM + (.707 * (JK+NO))).

COMPUTE rawA = .414*(PA + (.707 * (BC+NO))).

COMPUTE rawunA= .414*(HI + (.707 * (JK+FG))).

COMPUTE rawunC= .414*(DE + (.707 * (BC+FG))).

 

* Compute scores for the traditional bipolar X (love) and Y (dominance) vectors.

COMPUTE rawY = rawA - rawunA.

COMPUTE rawX = rawC - rawunC.

 

* Compute z-scores.

* First, insert the means (M) and standard deviations (SD) from a relevant comparison sample.

* The following Ms and SDs are from a sample of 1,200 University of Idaho undergraduates.

COMPUTE MPA = 2.53.

COMPUTE MBC = 1.38.

COMPUTE MDE = 1.10.

COMPUTE MFG = 1.66.

COMPUTE MHI = 1.77.

COMPUTE MJK = 2.67.

COMPUTE MLM = 2.83.

COMPUTE MNO = 2.93.

COMPUTE SDPA = 0.63.

COMPUTE SDBC = 0.71.

COMPUTE SDDE = 0.70.

COMPUTE SDFG = 0.78.

COMPUTE SDHI = 0.75.

COMPUTE SDJK = 0.71.

COMPUTE SDLM = 0.69.

COMPUTE SDNO = 0.57.

COMPUTE MC = 2.81.

COMPUTE SDC = 0.58.

COMPUTE MA = 2.31.

COMPUTE SDA = 0.54.

COMPUTE MunA = 2.00.

COMPUTE SDunA = 0.64.

COMPUTE MunC = 1.35.

COMPUTE SDunC = 0.63.

COMPUTE MY = 0.30.

COMPUTE SDY = 0.65.

COMPUTE MX = 1.46.

COMPUTE SDX = 0.74.

* Then compute z-scores.

COMPUTE zPA=(PA-MPA)/SDPA.

COMPUTE zBC=(BC-MBC)/SDBC.

COMPUTE zDE=(DE-MDE)/SDDE.

COMPUTE zFG=(FG-MFG)/SDFG.

COMPUTE zHI=(HI-MHI)/SDHI.

COMPUTE zJK=(JK-MJK)/SDJK.

COMPUTE zLM=(LM-MLM)/SDLM.

COMPUTE zNO=(NO-MNO)/SDNO.

compute zC =(rawC-MC)/SDC.

compute zA =(rawA-MA)/SDA.

compute zunC =(rawunC-MunC)/SDunC.

compute zunA =(rawunA-MunA)/SDunA.

compute zX =(rawX-MX)/SDX.

compute zY =(rawY-MY)/SDY.

 

* compute ipsative scores.

 

COMPUTE iPA=(PA-csivmean).

COMPUTE iBC=(BC-csivmean).

COMPUTE iDE=(DE-csivmean).

COMPUTE iFG=(FG-csivmean).

COMPUTE iHI=(HI-csivmean).

COMPUTE iJK=(JK-csivmean).

COMPUTE iLM=(LM-csivmean).

COMPUTE iNO=(NO-csivmean).