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The Level of Dogmatism in Schizophrenia. A Comparative Analysis of Utterance Texts with the Use of the Suitbert Ertel Dogmatism Quotient
No full textThe Level of Dogmatism in Schizophrenia. A Comparative Analysis of Utterance Texts with the Use of the Suitbert Ertel Dogmatism Quotient
The paper describes the results of comparative research on the level of dogmatism in the utterance texts of patients diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia (N=130) and healthy individuals (N=130). The analysis was conducted with the use of the Suitbert Ertel Dogmatism Quotient. The results indicate significant differences between these two groups.</jats:p
Psi test feats achieved alone at home: Do they disappear under lab control? Australian
No full textABSTRACT Extraordinary hit rates from multiple choice tests, obtained by participants alone in their homes, are ambiguous. On the one hand, their feats might reflect psi power manifesting itself better under informal home than under lab conditions. Yet hit excesses obtained without control might also be due to negligent or fraudulent conduct. One way out of this dilemma is to let participants complete psi tests at home and to invite high scorers thereafter to do additional runs under lab control. This strategy has been endorsed using N = 238 (sample I) and N = 47 (sample II) of student participants. Sample I (female 84%) completed the ball drawing test, version I
Exploratory factor analysis revealing complex structure
No full textThe study introduces varimin, a novel factorial rotation which, unlike Thurstone's principle of simple structure, attempts to model complexity. Varimin-rotated factors are conceived as components of functional structure. Simple structure- (e.g., varimax-) rotated factors are conceived as representing indeterminate clusters of those components. An exploratory factor analysis was performed on decathlon scores from Olympic Games 1948-1988 of 233 decathletes. I expected that an interpretation of factors of transparent physical variables, modeled by complex structure, should outdo an interpretation of factors modeled by simple structure. Results of factor transformations by varimin and varimax were compared. Varimin factors of the 10 decathlon events pointed to components contributing jointly, with varying degrees, to the decathletes' performances revealing the following components. F(1): general athletic energy, F(2): pacing of energy expenditure (speed vs. endurance), and F(3): location of prime energy expenditure (upper vs. lower body parts). Varimax factors clustered the sports events without consistency, functional features of physical activities were not revealed. An analysis of complex structure is deemed appropriate to revive, on a broader scale, exploratory factorial research which, due to questionable output in the past, has long since lost its earlier challenge. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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