Expertise Scale

Instructions: Circle how strongly you agree with each statement.

1. This person is intelligent.

Very Strongly Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Very Strongly

Disagree Disagree Agree Agree

2. This person is not experienced.*

Very Strongly Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Very Strongly

Disagree Disagree Agree Agree

3. I would seek this person’s advice.

Very Strongly Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Very Strongly

Disagree Disagree Agree Agree

4. This person is knowledgeable.

Very Strongly Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Very Strongly

Disagree Disagree Agree Agree

5. This person is an expert.

Very Strongly Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Very Strongly

Disagree Disagree Agree Agree

6. This person is not well qualified to speak.*

Very Strongly Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Very Strongly

Disagree Disagree Agree Agree

* asterisk indicates reversed item.

Cite: Reysen, S. (2008, April). Construction and validation of measures of perceived honesty and perceived expertise. Poster presented at the 54^th annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Kansas City, MO.

Purpose: To measure the perceived expertise of a target individual.

Rich Text Format Versions of the Reysen Expertise Scale and scoring instructions are below.

German Translation by Susanne Bruckmüller

Indonesian Translation by Melisa Sriwulandari

Korean Translation by Sungik Hu

If anybody would like to translate the scale into another language or fix problems with the current translations please email me at sreysen@jasnh.com.