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COVID-19 Impact Scale

  Scale name: COVID-19 Impact Scale Scale overview: The COVID-19 Impact Scale is a 10-item self-report rating scale of the potential impact of COVID-19 in 3 areas of functioning: Economic, Psychological, Social. Authors: Srinivasan & Sulur Nachimuthu Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement. Scale item examples for 3 Subscales Economic Factor, 4 items   I have lost job-related income due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Psychological Factor, 4 items Uncertainties surrounding Coronavirus (COVID-19) causes me enormous anxiety. Social Factor, 2 items After the Coronavirus pandemic, I actively avoid people I see sneezing and coughing.   Reliability: Cronbach’s alpha was 0.877 in the authors’ study. Validity: Experts were consulted for content validity. Relationships with other scales were included in the article. Availability: See the PsycTESTS reference below. Permission Test content may be reproduced and used for non-commercial researc

Christian Nationalism Scale

  Scale name: Christian Nationalism Scale Scale overview: The Christian Nationalism Scale consists of six-items commonly used to examine beliefs about the US government and Christianity.   Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement 1 = strongly agree 2 = agree 3 = disagree 4 = strongly disagree 5 = undecided. Scale items The federal government should declare the United States as a Christian nation. The federal government should advocate Christian values. The federal government should enforce strict separation of church and state. (reverse coded) The federal government should allow the display of religious symbols in public spaces. The success of the United States is part of God's plan. The federal government should allow prayer in public schools.   Reliability: In a 2018 article, Whitehead et al. reported Cronbach’s alpha of 0.86 for the six items. Validity: See the Factor Analysis reported by Whitehead et al. (2018) and a different

Creative Charts for Your Data

  This stunning chart is worth a look by all those who present data at conferences or in classes.  The source of this chart and four more useful charts is an article on inflation by Flowers and Siegel of the Washington Post 10 June 2022. I recommend a look at the other charts as well. An additional comment. Charts about economic issues like the cost of food and energy are also about human behavior. People raise prices and people pay more for what they need or want. Too often we separate the cost of things from what people are doing. I write about presenting data using charts in Creating Surveys. Buy Creating Surveys  on GOOGLE BOOKS   AMAZON Links to Connections Checkout My Website     www.suttong.com    See my Books    AMAZON             GOOGLE STORE   FOLLOW me on     FACEBOOK     Geoff W. Sutton            TWITTER    @Geoff.W.Sutton       PINTEREST    www.pinterest.com/GeoffWSutton   Read my published articles:   ResearchGate    Geoffrey W Sutton     Academia    Geoff W Sutton