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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2010 Mar;25(1):95–107. doi: 10.1037/a0018199

Table 5.

Density Distributions of State Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Openness in Standardized Laboratory Situations (Study 3)

Distribution Parameter Extraversion Conscientiousness Openness
Average level 3.81 3.61 3.67
Variance between individuals .35 (27%) .36 (31%) .39 (29%)
Variance within individuals .94 (73%) .80 (69%) .96 (71%)

Note. Results of three unconditional multilevel models, one for each state (N = 134 individuals, N = 2776 to 2883 occasions). The average level shows the typical participant's mean level of the state. Percentages indicate that the percents of total variance in states that occurred within participants were much greater than the percentage of total variation in states that occurred between participants.