2.2.4. Convergence across self- and observer-reports
To examine the convergence between self- and observer-reports, we correlated
the self-reports with observer-reports obtained 2–9 weeks later. Recall that the observer-reports
were made on the basis of only a 15-min getting acquainted exercise
so we did not expect the magnitude of the correlations to be very strong. For the
purposes of evaluating the FIPI, we were primarily interested in comparing the
self-observer correlations obtained using the FIPI with those obtained using
the BFI. As shown in Table 5, the pattern of FIPI correlations generally matched
those of the BFI. However, the magnitude of the BFI correlations was stronger
than that of the FIPI correlations, especially for Extraversion, Agreeableness,
and Openness.