Response to Skinner, et al. on "National personality characteristics: II. Adaption-innovation in Canadian, American, and British samples".
Skinner, et al. interpreted as significant the difference between means for Canadian men and women on Kirton's inventory and those for British and American samples. The means were similar to prior values. Skinner, et al.'s groups were large and composed of very unequal numbers of men and women, which factors could account for their interpretation. As reported, their analysis is insufficient to interpret very small mean variations as differences in national character.
Jenkins
Iwan
I
Market Edge, Herts, UK. ijenkins@mkt-edge.com
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