Re: Gender importance (Summary)

Eddie Sullivan (promixr@ix.netcom.com)
Sat, 24 Apr 1999 10:51:24 -0400

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I don't know if I could roll with these stats. There are a lot more men in this sample than women. If you sampled an equal number of men/women of different types of sexual preference you might get something. Also it seemed that the test is designed around a perceived cultural identity, and assumes a self perception of gender traits so I don't know how a straight (no pun intended) statistical analysis is applicable...

I think...

Thanks though for doing the math, It was interesting.

Plus I have to wonder about the personality trait 'introspection' maybe being introspective is favored by one or another gender leaning, so that one gender would be more apt to take the test...

Scott Badger wrote:

> Here is a summary of the BEM results. I did notice that this instrument
> does have a bug. The mid-point (neutral valence) for each item is 4. When
> there is no directionality in your scores, the survey says so and concludes
> that you are Androgynous. This is only true, however, if your scores are
> both above the mid-point since this means that you are endorsing attributes
> from both genders. If your scores are non-directional and below or very
> close to 4, you would actually be classified as Undifferentiated, since you
> aren't really endorsing attributes from either gender. Curt Adams, for
> example, appears relatively Undifferentiated but was above the mid-ppoint so
> I classified him as Masc.
>
> Name Feminine Masculine Type
>
> Jocelyn Brown 4.75 5.10 Andro
>
> Billy Brown 4.10 5.80 Masc
>
> Scott Badger 4.50 5.50 Masc
>
> Damien Broderick 1.95 5.10 Masc
>
> Michael Lorrey 3.90 6.20 Masc
>
> Eddie Sullivan 5.25 5.00 Andro
>
> Greg Burch 4.00 5.95 Masc
>
> Michael Butler 3.80 4.15 Undiff
>
> James Rogers 3.15 6.25 Masc
>
> Gina Miller 4.80 6.15 Masc
>
> Diego A Mayer-Cantu 4.15 4.65 Masc
>
> Eric Ruud 4.65 4.80 Andro
>
> Anders Sandberg 4.85 5.20 Andro
>
> Lee Daniel Crocker 3.85 3.70 Undiff
>
> Curt Adams 4.45 4.15 Andro
>
> William Wyatt 3.70 5.80 Masc
>
> Alejandro Dubrovsky 4.60 3.45 Femin
>
> Countzero 4.15 4.95 Masc
>
> Summary Statistics
>
> Mean 4.14 5.11 Masc
>
> Undifferentiated 11.0%
> Masculine 55.5%
> Feminine 5.5%
> Androgynous 28.0%
>
> So, Extropians appear to be strongly disposed toward traditionally masculine
> attributes, although a significant number are Androgynous. I can't find it
> in the archives, but didn't the Myers-Briggs test we took earlier reveal
> that the largest group was ENTJ? It's very likely that there's a strong
> relationship between these two measures.
>
> Scott

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