7,020 responses from 351 respondents to 20 items.
| Description | Responses to Mach-4 scale on Machiavellianism |
|---|---|
| Reference | Hunter, J. E., Gerbing, D. W., & Boster, F. J. (1982). Machiavellian beliefs and personality: Construct invalidity of the Machiavellianism dimension. Journal of personality and social psychology, 43(6), 1293. |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.43.6.1293 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Source data | https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lessR/index.html |
| Responses | 7,020 |
|---|---|
| Respondents | 351 |
| Items | 20 |
| Response categories | 6 |
| Responses per respondent | 20 |
| Responses per item | 351 |
| Density | 1 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Adult (18+) |
|---|---|
| sample | General/non-specific |
| construct type | Cognitive/educational |
| measurement tool | Survey/questionnaire |
| item format | Likert Scale/selected response |
| primary language(s) | eng |
| construct name | Machiavellian beliefs and personality: Construct invalidity of the Machiavellianism dimension |
This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.
| Instrument | Mach IV (Machiavellianism scale) |
|---|---|
| Mean words per item | 13.150 |
| Mean characters per item | 69.550 |
| Mean characters per response | 12.500 |
| Flesch-Kincaid grade level | 6.184 |
iditemresp
Or load it directly in R or Python:
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("lessR_Mach4")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("lessR_Mach4")
| IRW version | v393 |
|---|---|
| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse v53.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/4g08-xt41 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v53.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v23.0 |