Relationship of the MacAndrew Scale to sensation seeking.
Findings of Baker, Beer, and Beer on use of the MacAndrew Scale in relating sensation seeking to alcoholism require comment. It is argued that the MacAndrew Scale does not provide interval level data below the cut-off score so correlations on such data should be point biserial.
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University of Virginia Health Science Center, Western State Hospital, Staunton 24401.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D001143:Arousal; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012677:Sensation