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Initial Psychometric Evaluation of Urdu Version of California Psychological Inventory (CPI)

    lftikhar Ahmed

    National institute of Psychology, Islamabad


Received
14 Jun, 1985
Accepted
05 May, 1986
Published
30 Jun, 1986

Adapted and translated in Urdu, the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) was examined on a number of psychometric dimensions. Bilingual subjects were administered the Urdu and English versions to study their equivalence. The results show the Urdu version to be sufficiently similar to the English version. The differences between the means were statistically significant (p<.05) on six scales: Wb, Re, Sc, Gi, To, and Le. Relevant explanations were advanced to account for these differences. On the Urdu version, males and females had comparable scores except on the Femininity scale. Means for the Urdu version were generally distinctly lower than for the American norms. This reflects on the cultural dif­ferences affecting response rates, and indicates the need to norm the test in Pakistan, KR-20 indices of reliability of the scales ranged from .44 to .93, with a median of .68, which is fairly comparable and even better than values reported for American samples. The matrix of interscale correlations was found to be theoretically consistent and meaningful, verifying that on the Pakistani sample the CPI assesses a set of positively related variables. The overall psychometric evaluation lends reasonably sufficient credence to further use of the CPI in Pakistan and to research on predictive and classificatory issues.

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Ahmed, l. (1986). Initial Psychometric Evaluation of Urdu Version of California Psychological Inventory (CPI). Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 1(1-2), 3-16. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=627

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Ahmed, l. Initial Psychometric Evaluation of Urdu Version of California Psychological Inventory (CPI). Pak. J. Psychol. Res 1986, 1, 3-16. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=627

AMA Style
Ahmed l. Initial Psychometric Evaluation of Urdu Version of California Psychological Inventory (CPI). Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 1986; 1(1-2): 3-16. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=627

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Ahmed, lftikhar. 1986. "Initial Psychometric Evaluation of Urdu Version of California Psychological Inventory (CPI)" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 1, no. 1-2: 3-16. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=627