Table 2. Descriptive Statistics for all versions of Need for Cognition (NFC) scale.
Original Version | Positive Version | Reverse-I Version | Reverse-II Version | |||||
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M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
Item 1 | 4.65 | 2.08 | 4.66 | 2.02 | 5.73 | 2.03 | 5.69 | 2.01 |
Item 2 | 4.12 | 1.88 | 4.04 | 1.85 | 4.78 | 2.09 | 4.49 | 1.95 |
Item 3 | 4.52 | 1.99 | 4.23 | 1.94 | 3.03 | 1.77 | 2.84 | 1.75 |
Item 4 | 4.69 | 1.97 | 4.02 | 1.83 | 4.01 | 1.98 | 4.54 | 2.20 |
Item 5 | 4.15 | 1.89 | 4.08 | 1.85 | 3.77 | 1.93 | 3.80 | 2.01 |
Item 6 | 4.75 | 1.95 | 4.74 | 1.97 | 4.51 | 2.10 | 4.28 | 2.05 |
Item 7 | 5.40 | 2.07 | 3.63 | 1.76 | 4.80 | 2.11 | 4.91 | 2.21 |
Item 8 | 5.43 | 1.95 | 4.30 | 1.90 | 5.18 | 2.07 | 4.52 | 2.06 |
Item 9 | 5.68 | 1.80 | 4.57 | 1.79 | 5.23 | 2.08 | 5.28 | 2.00 |
Item 10 | 3.78 | 1.57 | 4.00 | 1.76 | 3.99 | 1.97 | 3.81 | 1.86 |
Item 11 | 3.78 | 1.60 | 3.94 | 1.79 | 5.37 | 2.04 | 5.43 | 1.90 |
Item 12 | 4.08 | 1.93 | 3.75 | 1.91 | 3.38 | 1.89 | 3.41 | 1.81 |
Item 13 | 4.73 | 1.80 | 4.50 | 1.81 | 5.35 | 2.01 | 5.39 | 1.89 |
Item 14 | 4.31 | 1.81 | 4.13 | 1.91 | 3.68 | 1.92 | 4.22 | 1.97 |
Item 15 | 4.14 | 1.73 | 4.12 | 1.80 | 4.51 | 2.09 | 4.56 | 1.93 |
Item 16 | 5.36 | 2.05 | 3.58 | 1.93 | 4.52 | 2.25 | 2.53 | 1.75 |
Item 17 | 4.52 | 2.06 | 3.53 | 1.71 | 3.81 | 2.00 | 3.34 | 1.84 |
Item 18 | 3.77 | 1.75 | 3.62 | 1.72 | 4.51 | 2.14 | 4.11 | 2.07 |
Average | 4.55 | 1.88 | 4.08 | 1.85 | 4.45 | 2.03 | 4.29 | 1.96 |