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