The Social Attribution Task-Multiple Choice (SAT-MC): A Psychometric and Equivalence Study of an Alternate Form

Table 1

Sample demographics.

	SAT-MC (𝑛=51)	SAT-MC-II (𝑛=41)	Test	Significance
Age^1	19.27 (1.41)	19.03 (1.42)	𝑡(77)=.78	𝑃=.44
SAT score^2
1200–1440	5.9%	7.7%
1440–1680	19.6%	30.8%
1680–1920	51%	30.8%	𝜒^2(4)=5.03	𝑃=.28
1920–2160	21.5%	23%
2160–2400	2%	7.7%
Gender
Male	39.2%	31.7%	𝜒^2(1) = .56	𝑃=.45
Female	60.8%	68.3%
Academic year
Freshman	41.2%	63.4%	𝜒^2(3)=4.77	𝑃=.19
Sophomore	43.1%	26.8%
Junior	13.7%	7.3%
Senior	2%	2.5%
Ethnicity
Caucasian	68.6%	63.4%
African-American	9.8%	7.3%
Hispanic	9.8%	9.8%	𝜒^2(4)=1.37	𝑃=.85
Asian	5.9%	12.2%
Other	5.9%	7.3%
Parent education (M/F)^3	Mother/father	Mother/father	Mother/father	Mother/father
Less than high school	1/2	1/0	𝜒^2(7)=3.31/𝜒^2(7)=6.53	𝑃=.85/𝑃=.48
Some high school	9/13	9/8
Some college	8/6	3/6
2 yr college degree	9/6	6/2
4 yr college degree	14/15	12/12
Master’s	8/5	8/8
Professional	0/3	1/4
Doctorate	2/0	1/1

¹Age reported by 𝑛=40 SAT-MC and 𝑛=39 SAT-MC-II.
²Scholastic Aptitude test score, reported by 𝑛=51 SAT-MC and 𝑛=39 SAT-MC-II.
³Father’s education reported by 𝑛=50 SAT-MC.