Tasks for Deliverable #$1$:

$1.$ Compute a single score for each predictor variable and each criterion variable

a$.$ Reverse$-$score all items that have $($R$)$ in the variable name

i$.$ A reverse$-$scored item is scored in the opposite direction $$ for example, if the range of indicator scores is $1$ to $5,$ then a $5$ becomes a $1,$ a $4$ becomes a $2,$ a $3$ remains a $3,$ a $2$ becomes a $4,$ and a $1$ becomes a $5$

b$.$ Once all relevant items have been reverse$-$scored, compute a $$scale score$$ for aptitude, conscientiousness, integrity, interview, CWB$,$ intentions to quit, and job performance.

i$.$ Compute scale scores by averaging across all indicators or ratings for each predictor or criterion

ii$.$ Age, sex, GPA, experience, and intelligence do not need to be calculated, as these predictors only have a single indicator $($which is already a $$scale score$)$

$2.$ Examine the item$-$level data and $$flag$$ any individuals who exhibit careless responding or outlier values

a$.$ Flag all participants who spend less than $2$ seconds on each item $($assuming the full survey included $32$ total items$)$

b$.$ Flag all participants who indicated an $$incorrect$$ answer to the instructed item

c$.$ Flag all participants who indicated the same answer to every item on the conscientiousness scale or the same answer to every item on the integrity scale

d$.$ Flag all participants who have illegal values for any item $$ for example, a value of two for sex or a value of zero on a scale that ranges from $1$ to $7$

$3.$ Email your instructor with a final dataset

a$.$ The final dataset should include a $1000$x$13$ matrix of data $($i$.$e$.,$ ID numbers and $12$ scale scores for all $1000$ individuals$)$

i$.$ Please organize your $12$ variables in the following order $($left to right$)$: $(1)$ Age, $(2)$ Aptitude, $(3)$ Sex, $(4)$ Conscientiousness, $(5)$ GPA, $(6)$ Integrity, $(7)$ Intelligence, $(8)$ Interview, $(9)$ Experience, $(10)$ CWB$,(11)$ Intentions to Quit, $(12)$ Performance

ii$.$ A template can be found in the $$Analysis Data$$ worksheet in the Excel file

b$.$ The final dataset should indicate which individuals were flagged by highlighting the corresponding rows $($i$.$e$.,$ the entire row must be highlighted$)$ as follows:

i$.$ Time screen: Yellow

ii$.$ Instructed item screen: Green

iii. Same answer screen: Blue

iv$.$ Outliers $($illegal values$)$ screen: Red

v$.$ Individuals who were not flagged should have unhighlighted rows

What to turn in: An Excel file containing the completed $$Analysis Data$$ worksheet, including the $12$ scale scores for each of the $1000$ individuals in the order specified by the template

How it will be graded: $50\%$ accuracy of scale scores, $50\%$ accuracy of careless responding flagging