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.