autism_blotner_2025_s1_aq

26,750 responses from 535 respondents to 50 items.

One of 8 tables from the same source; this one is the s1_aq table. The others are listed under Related tables.

About this table

DescriptionStudy 1 - autism-spectrum quotient
ReferenceBlötner, C., & Kaminski, A. (2025, June 26). Challenging the “Empathic Deficits Hypothesis” of Machiavellianism: Lack of motivation rather than lack of ability. Retrieved fromosf.io/uv6mff
DOI10.1027/1614-0001/a000440
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Source datahttps://osf.io/uv6mf/

Size and shape

Responses26,750
Respondents535
Items50
Response categories4
Responses per respondent50
Responses per item535
Density1
LongitudinalTRUE

Classification

age rangeAdult (18+)
sampleInternet-based, Targeted/specific
construct typeCognitive/educational
measurement toolSurvey/questionnaire
item formatLikert Scale/selected response
primary language(s)ger
construct nameAutism Quotient

Codebook

This codebook is reconstructed by the IRW from the IRW data standard and the script that built it, autism_blotner_2025.py. It is our best reading, not the source’s own codebook, and it may contain mistakes. Where the two disagree, the source data are the authority. If you find an error, please tell us.

ColumnWhat it isSource column
IRW standard columns
idIRW standard Identifier for the focal unit being measured — typically a person, but sometimes another entity (e.g., a word in a lexical task).made in the build script
itemIRW standard Item identifier.made in the build script
respIRW standard Response value.made in the build script
waveIRW standard Longitudinal wave indicator.made in the build script
Respondent covariates
cov_ageCovariate age
cov_educationCovariate edu
cov_integrity_checkCovariate integrity
cov_sexCovariate sex
cov_student_statusCovariate student

What item codes and covariate values stand for is in the codebook released with the source data.

Get the data

Download CSVno account neededBrowse on Redivisexplore and queryCroissant metadataHugging Face, Kaggle, OpenML

Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):

# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("autism_blotner_2025_s1_aq")
# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("autism_blotner_2025_s1_aq")

How to cite

@article{Bl_tner_2025, title={Challenging the “Empathic Deficits Hypothesis” of Machiavellianism: Lack of Motivation Rather Than Lack of Ability}, volume={46}, ISSN={2151-2299}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000440}, DOI={10.1027/1614-0001/a000440}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Individual Differences}, publisher={Hogrefe Publishing Group}, author={Blötner, Christian and Kaminski, Alexander}, year={2025}, month=apr, pages={97–108} }

Version and provenance

IRW versionv566
Redivis datasetitem_response_warehouse_2 v33.0
Redivis dataset DOI10.57761/6m04-m698
Manifest pin for this IRW versionv33.0
Metadata sourceirw_meta v43.0