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Scale Score Calculator

Automatically calculate reverse coding, subscale scores and total/mean scores. Paste from Excel, get instant results.

Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığı Ölçeği (SMAS) settings loaded: 20 entries, 1–5 answer range, total score, no reversed items. Enter the data columns in the same order as in the scale form (column 1 = item 1 in the form). Response options are not recorded in the source; 1–5 was assumed. Change it if your scale starts at 0. Back to scale page · Start with an empty tool
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Scale Settings

Define your scale's structure

Items to Reverse-Code

Click the items to reverse-code (red = reversed). Reversed score = (Min + Max) − given score.

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Subdimensions (Optional)

If you don't define subdimensions, all items are calculated as a single dimension

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Data Entry

One participant per row. You can paste directly from Excel/SPSS.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I do reverse coding?

Reversed score = (lowest option + highest option) − given score. On a 1–5 Likert scale, 5 → 1 and 4 → 2; on a 0–4 scale, 4 → 0. In the calculator, enter the Likert Min and Max values according to your scale (0 can also be entered).

Should I use the total score or the mean score?

Use whichever one the scale's original user guide recommends. The mean score makes it easier to compare subscales with different numbers of items on the same scale (e.g., 1–5); the total score is preferred for scales that have a cutoff score.

What happens to participants with missing answers?

If any of the items used to calculate a score is blank, that participant's score is left empty and is not included in the descriptive statistics; their other scores are still calculated. The results show how many scores could not be calculated due to missing data.

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