MINI-MARKERS
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How Accurately Can You Describe Yourself?
Please use this list of common human traits to describe yourself as accurately as
possible. Describe yourself as you see yourself at the present time, not as you wish to be
in the future. Describe yourself as you are generally or typically, as compared with other
persons you know of the same sex and of roughly your same age.
Before each trait, please write a number indicating how accurately that trait describes
you, using the following rating scale:
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INACCURATE.......................................................................................... ACCURATE
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Extremely...Very...Moderately...Slightly....Slightly...Moderately...Very...Extremely
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.......1.............. 2..............3...............4...........5..........6...............7...............8..............9
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____ Bashful........... ____ Energetic.......... ____ Moody............ ____ Systematic
____ Bold................. ____ Envious........... ____ Organized........ ____ Talkative
____ Careless.......... ____ Extraverted...... ____ Philosophical.. ____ Temperamental
____ Cold................. ____ Fretful ............. ____ Practical........... ____ Touchy
____ Complex........... ____ Harsh.............. ____ Quiet................. ____ Uncreative
____ Cooperative.... ____ Imaginative.... ____ Relaxed............. ____ Unenvious
____ Creative........... ____ Inefficient....... ____ Rude................. ____ Unintellectual
____ Deep................ ____ Intellectual...... ____ Shy................... ____ Unsympathetic
____ Disorganized.. ____ Jealous............ ____ Sloppy............. ____ Warm
____ Efficient........... ____ Kind................. ____ Sympathetic... ____ Withdrawn
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How to score the Mini-Markers?
Check signs and factors in the table below. Asterisk indicates which factor each item is scored on. Each scale has 8 items, as groupings below indicate. The group of items that have negative loadings are scored negatively (subtract their total from sum of positive-loading items, OR reflect their values [9-->1, 1-->9, etc.] before summing with positive-loading items. My preferred approach is to reflect values as appropriate, sum, then divide (for each scale) by 8 to arrive at the mean response for items on the given scale.
Varimax-Rotated Factor Loadings of 40 Mini-Marker Scale Items
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Item......................... I.... II... III.. IV... V
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Talkative.............. .73* .14 -.12 -.05 -.05
Extroverted.......... .70* .07 -.07 .11 -.01
Bold....................... .51* -.17 .00 .24 .03
Energetic ............. .44* .18 .18 .18 .02
Shy....................... -.79* .15 .04 -.08 -.03
Quiet.................... -.76* .02 .13 .05 .07
Bashful ................-.73* .19 .04 -.06 -.06
Withdrawn.......... -.71* -.15 -.07 -.10 .02
Sympathetic......... -.05 .72* -.06 -.03 .00
Warm .................... .20 .67* .08 .00 -.01
Kind....................... .02 .66* .14 -.01 -.01
Cooperative......... -.11 .52* .21 .20 -.06
Cold...................... -.21 -.65* .03 -.05 -.02
Unsympathetic.... -.02 -.64* .03 .07 -.10
Rude....................... .14 -.55* -.18 -.03 -.04
Harsh...................... .10 -.54* .00 -.14 -.06
Organized............. -.06 -.01 .83* -.01 -.02
Efficient.................. .01 .04 .65* .07 .05
Systematic............ -.11 -.02 .63* .13 .02
Practical................. -.08 .13 .51* .15 -.10
Disorganized.......... .01 .02 -.82* .05 -.02
Sloppy.................... -.01 -.10 -.62* .13 .02
Inefficient............... -.16 -.05 -.62* -.01 -.05
Careless................... .09 -.10 -.61* -.05 -.05
Unenvious............. -.03 .00 .00 .68* .08
Relaxed..................... .11 .16 .07 .49* -.10
Moody.................... -.06 -.12 -.04 -.64* .12
Jealous.................... -.04 -.01 -.03 -.63* -.15
Temperamental........ .03 -.17 -.03 -.62* .03
Envious................... -.10 .07 -.03 -.61* -.15
Touchy.................... -.09 .01 .04 -.59* -.01
Fretful...................... -.17 .09 -.07 -.54* -.08
Creative..................... .05 .01 .01 .15 .69*
Imaginative............... .11 .03 .01 .07 .65*
Philosophical.......... -.08 .04 -.03 .07 .56*
Intellectual.............. -.03 -.01 .12 .15 .54*
Complex................... -.09 .01 -.10 -.13 .51*
Deep......................... -.13 .22 -.09 .03 .44*
Uncreative............... -.13 .06 -.01 .00 -.66*
Unintellectual.......... -.02 .01 -.09 .09 -.52*
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Note. (N = 636). Loadings of .30 and above are listed in boldface
type. * Indicates highest factor loading of each item.
I - Extraversion; II - Agreeableness; III - Conscientiousness;
IV - Emotional Stability; V - Intellect or Openness. Table 3
Normative values for some large samples. (word file)