LIE SCALE refers to a set of items (scales) within a psychological instrument or inventories used to indicate whether a respondent has been truthful in answering varied questions.
Hence, Lie scale is used to detect lie and can be expressed as "truthfulness indicators".
Thus, the psychologist (Calvin) make use of redundant questions which elicits the same information but expressed in different question formats to determine the consistency of answers presented by his clients.
Explanation:The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is used in deteciting or knowing personality disorder. it is a common personality inventory for both clinical and nonclinical populations.There are several scale MMPI-2 validity
. The L-Scale is called the lie scale, it is termed an uncommon virtues validity scale. it was invented or made to catch or detect people who present oor show themselves in a positive manner. individauls can easily be caught when they score higher marks. Lie scales helps one to know the truth which are embedded in psychological inventories.
The GINI ratio is used to measure the inequality in the distribution of income in a country. The lower the GINI index, the more there is equal distribution of income. In this case, Sweden has a lower GINI ratio than United States thus there is more equal distribution of income in Sweden compared to the US.
