A new study ranks US states in order of psychopathy

It is interesting to me that this list does not include Hawaii or Alaska or any US Territory my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell. It is strange that this supposed study limited itself to the contiguous states.

It is noteworthy that Colorado was misspelled in this listing :-)
Based on the stated methodology I think this is a dubious listing
"The psychopathy evaluation for each state is an estimate, notes Ryan Murphy, professor at Southern Methodist University and author of the study, published on Social Science Research Network (SSRN.) The calculation is based in part on previous research that established the levels of big five personality traits (extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience) in each state.
Earlier research shows that psychopathy is composed of disinhibition, boldness, and meanness, and a forthcoming paper shows that these characteristics can be translated into the big five traits: “Boldness corresponds to low neuroticism and high extraversion, meanness corresponds to low agreeableness, and disinhibition corresponds to low conscientiousness,” explains Murphy. This finding allowed the researcher to translate analysis of personality in US states to a score for psychopathy.
The paper has been prepublished on SSRN, meaning it hasn’t yet been published in a journal or gone through peer review. Murphy also included the District of Columbia in his research, and found it had a psychopathy level far higher than any other state. But this finding is an outlier, as Murphy notes, as it’s an entirely urban area and cannot be fairly compared with larger, more geographically diverse, US states. That said, as Murphy notes, “The presence of psychopaths in District of Columbia is consistent with the conjecture found in Murphy (2016) that psychopaths are likely to be effective in the political sphere.”
Wyoming’s high psychopath rate is another interesting data point. The state came in joint fourth, whereas its neighboring states came in far lower: Montana is 42nd, Idaho 23rd, Colorado 18th, and Utah 21st (the District of Columbia is excluded from all these rankings.) Murphy notes that the survey of Wyoming was based on the smallest sample size and the data point could simply be incorrect, though the result is still based on a considerable sample size of 3,166.
"Connecticut wins the dubious award of most psychopathic state in the US, followed by California in second, and New Jersey third. New York and Wyoming tie for joint fourth place, followed by Maine. The least psychopathic state is West Virginia, followed by Vermont, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New Mexico. The full list of psychopathic states is below:
Rank
State
1 Connecticut
2 California
3 New Jersey
4 New York
4 Wyoming
6 Maine
7 Wisconsin
8 Nevada
9 Illinois
10 Virginia
11 Maryland
12 South Dakota
13 Delaware
14 Massachusetts
15 Arizona
16 Florida
17 Iowa
18 Colorado
19 Texas
20 Ohio
21 Utah
22 Arkansas
23 Idaho
24 North Dakota
25 Michigan
26 Alabama
27 Pennsylvania
28 Rhode Island
29 Louisiana
30 Kansas
31 Georgia
32 Minnesota
33 Missouri
34 Washington
35 Kentucky
36 Nebraska
37 South Carolina
38 New Hampshire
39 Oregon
40 Indiana
41 Mississippi
42 Montana
43 Oklahoma
44 New Mexico
45 North Carolina
46 Tennessee
47 Vermont
48 West Virginia"

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Damn it, California can't ever get its proper recognition. We're number one and we will go out and kick puppies until these researchers admit it

Interesting article Chief.