Defining Issues Test-2 (DIT-2)
Ethics & CSRReliability: alpha 0.771 sample item
About this scale
A scenario-based measure of post-conventional moral reasoning. Participants rank considerations across moral dilemmas; scoring derives a P-score (post-conventional reasoning index) and N2-score.
Sample item(s)
“[Famine dilemma] Heinz must decide whether to steal a drug to save his wife. Rank these considerations: ... 'Whether the value of life is more important than property rights' ...”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.77. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Standard moral-reasoning instrument; commercial scoring.
Source & citation
Rest, J. R., Narvaez, D., Thoma, S. J., & Bebeau, M. J. (1999): DIT-2: Devising and testing a revised instrument of moral judgment. Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 91, No. 4, pp. 644–659.
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