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DIT-2
We have completed preliminary testing of a new version of the DIT (Rest, Narvaez,
Thoma & Bebeau, 1999) that is more updated, shorter,
has clearer instructions, purges fewer subjects for bogus
data, and is slightly more powerful on validity criteria. The new test ("DIT-2") indicates
that the old test ("DIT-1") can be replicated. In sum, in terms of the construct
validity of the DIT,
there is no other construct that accounts as well
for the combination of findings than the construct of moral
judgment . The persuasiveness of the validity
for the DIT comes from the combination of criteria for construct
validity that many researchers have found, not just from
one finding with one criterion.
The complete DIT-2 consists of five dilemmas (each followed by
12 issue-statements); the complete DIT-1 consists of six dilemmas. The five dilemmas of DIT-2 are:
(a) a father contemplates stealing food for his starving
family from the warehouse of a rich man hoarding food; (b)
a newspaper reporter must decide whether to report a damaging
story about a political candidate; (c) a school board chair
must decide whether to hold a contentious and dangerous
open meeting; (d) a doctor must decide whether to give an
overdose of pain-killer to a suffering but frail patient;
(e) college students demonstrate against U.S. foreign policy.
The Center's Scoring Service supplies Instruction Booklets, Answer
Sheets, and Guides for DIT-2 or DIT-1. (The short form of DIT-1 is simply
the first three stories.)
Answer sheets are then sent back to us for scoring. In turn, we supply a paper copy
REPORT, and a floppy disk with subject scores. DIT-2, DIT-1 Long Form, and DIT-1 Short
Form are all the same price.
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