Scoring Willingness to Communicate
Scoring
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To compute the subscores add the percentages for the items
indicated and divide the total by the number indicated
below.
Public. 3 + 14 + 20; divide by 3
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Meeting. 6 + 11 + 17; divide by 3
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Group. 8 + 15 + 19; divide by 3
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Dyad. 4 + 9 + 12; divide by 3
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Stranger. 3 + 8 + 12 + 17; divide by 4
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Acquaintance. 4 + 11 + 15 + 20; divide by 4
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Friend. 6 + 9 + 14 + 19; divide by 4
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To compute the total WTC score, add the subscores for Stranger,
Acquaintance, and Friend. Then divide that total by 3.
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Normative means, standard deviations, and internal
reliability estimates for the scores, based on a sample of 428
college students are as follows:
Score Mean Standard Deviation Reliability _____
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Total WTC 67.3 15.2 .92
Public 56.1 22.2 .76
Meeting 60.0 20.9 .70
Group 73.4 15.8 .65
Dyad 79.5 15.0 .69
Stranger 41.3 22.5 .82
Acquaintance 75.0 17.9 .74
Friend 85.5 13.8 .74