Scores on a statistics test and scores on the Defense Style Questionnaire.
Scores for 21 men and 41 women on a university statistics test were compared with scores on the 1993 Defense Style Questionnaire of Andrews, et al. The significant negative association between higher scores on the statistics test and higher scores on the measure of the defence mechanism of projection suggested the latter construct be considered when examining statistical achievement.
Maltby
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School of Health and Community Studies, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Kirwan
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McCollam
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D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011385:Projection; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology