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METI
Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory
Short abstract
The METI measures the trustworthiness assessments towards persons who make their knowledge publicly available. It is particularly suitable for measuring trustworthiness judgements that scientific laypersons ascribe to experts. It consists of 14 items in the form of anonymous pairs of adjectives distributed over three dimensions (expertise, integrity, goodwill). The adjectives of the scale were newly developed on the basis of theoretical considerations on epistemic trustworthiness or were taken from existing scales that measure trustworthiness or credibility. Reliability: The internal consistency is at Cronbach's Alpha = .75-.85. Validity: The three-factor structure was proven by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Validity and sensitivity of METI were demonstrated in a study in which the description of fictitious authors of a science blog was varied in six conditions (high vs. low expertise, integrity or goodwill): It was shown that on the respective dimension of the METI addressed in the descriptions, the ratings of the participants were, as predicted, highest and lowest respectively.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: METI. Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9007152
Citation
Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D. & Bromme, R. (2017). METI. Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory [Verfahrensdokumentation und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6557
Short information
Short Name METI
English Name Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory
Authors Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D., Bromme, R.
Published in Test archive 2017
Copyright/Licence Copyright Autoren; CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0
Key words Adjectives, Trust (Social Behavior), Experience Level, Knowledge Level, Integrity, Impression Formation
Language versions deu
Construct Epistemology
Application age 16 years and older
Item number 14 items
Subscales (1) Expertise, (2) Integrity, (3) Goodwill
Application Time No information.
Interpretation time A few minutes.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's Alpha = .75-.85.
Findings on three-factorial structure and sensitivity.
None.
Applications Research
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Hendriks, F., Kienhues, D. & Bromme, R. (2014). The Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory (METI). Münster: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Pädagogische Psychologie.
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Contact information
Dr. rer. nat. Friederike Hendriks, Nachwuchsgruppenleitung, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft & Institut für Pädagogische Psychologie, Bienroder Weg 87, D-38106 Braunschweig
Dr. Dorothe Kienhues, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Operative Leitung Zentrum für Hochschullehre, Pädagogische Psychologie, Arbeitseinheit Prof. Dr. Rainer Bromme, Fliednerstraße 21, D-48149 Münster
Senior-Prof. Dr. Rainer Bromme, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft, Institut für Psychologie, Fliednerstraße 21, D-48149 Münster