The document discusses a new feature called the Spread of Opinion that has been added to LSI reports. The Spread of Opinion shows the amount of disagreement among respondents by depicting the variation in their descriptions of the focal individual. It is represented by shading on the LSI profile and indicates whether respondents agreed or disagreed in their assessments. Narrow shading represents low variation and strong agreement, while wide shading shows high variation and disagreement. The Spread of Opinion provides useful insights for interpreting profiles and understanding how consistently a person interacts with and is perceived by others.

1. June 22, 2015
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LSI Report Update –
Spread of Opinion

2. LSI Report Update
• New Spread of
Opinion shows the
amount of
disagreement among
the respondents
• Available to those
accredited in LSI
• Updated report only
available with
international norms
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3. Spread of Opinion
• Spread of
Opinion now
included (one
page)
• Placed after the
raw scores page
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4. What is Spread of Opinion?
• Builds upon Description-by-Others (LSI
2) results to show the spread of opinion
among those who described the focal
individual
• Indicates whether respondents agree,
disagree, or whether there is neither
strong agreement nor disagreement
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5. How Spread of Opinion Works
• Shading for each style depicts the amount of
variation in respondents’ descriptions (standard
deviation)
• Shading reflects the extent to which
respondent’s descriptions vary compared to
other respondents in the norming sample.
*Length of extension is still the extent to which
the style characterizes focal individual
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6. Shading Definitions
• Dark shading – very narrow
or narrow spread of opinion
(lower standard deviation)
• Light shading – wide or very
wide spread of opinion (high
standard deviation)
• Moderate shading – average
spread of opinion (moderate
standard deviation)
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7. LSI 2 Profile - Example
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8. LSI 2 Spread of Opinion - Example
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This profile is the same as the Description-
by-Others Profile but with shading to
indicate agreement.

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Spread of Opinion - Implications
Narrow spread of opinion means the individual:
– Interacts with and is perceived by others in the same way
– May have a difficult time increasing or decreasing his/her use of a
style
Wide spread of opinion implies the individual:
– Systematically or unknowingly interacts with others in inconsistent
way
– May have an easier time adjusting the frequency with which the
style is exhibited
It is useful to discuss while interpreting and debriefing:
– Why some styles are displayed more consistently than others
– Why other styles are exhibited only when interacting with certain
people
– Whether it is useful or detrimental to selectively exhibit a particular
style
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Research and development by R. A. Cooke, Ph.D. and J. Clayton Lafferty, Ph.D.

10. Thank you!
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