Occupation and handedness: an examination of architects and mail survey biases.
Handedness among architects was determined by mail survey. Contrary to previous reports, no evidence was found of an excess of left-handers among a sample of 236 fully qualified male architects and 78 male architectural students. A second study examined whether the use of mail surveys systematically biases the returns of handedness questionnaires. For this, questionnaires were sent to 1,017 university students. No evidence was found for a bias amongst those who did and did not reply to the initial questionnaire. These results strengthen the findings of the first study.
University of Durham, UK.
C J
CJ
Wood
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JP
Aggleton
D001108:Architecture; D015982:Bias; D004739:England; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male