I believe our ease and comfort with the use of discrete variables for self-identification purposes is quickly becoming an outdated approach, whether referring to gender, ethnicity, religion or marital status. Five of my students in my research methods class told me they usually check off 'other' when asked about their ethnicity due to their mixed heritage. I think we will also see a significant increase in the number of couples in a 'committed relationship' who are not legally married as well as folks living together in a long-term platonic relationship. Regarding religion, the most important value to measure might be a person's degree of commitment and investment in their religion vs. what their particular religion of choice is. I personally think the alteration of these descriptive variables from discrete to continuous is a healthy and more realistic move but what complications for the poor statisticians!
Joan [email protected] > Thereâs a reason there are specialists in sexuality, sexual identity, > sexual behavior, etc. 5 sexes might (maybe) cover the variations in > physiological sex. Once gender orientation is crossed with that, certainly > a continuous variable, well⦠complexities abound. > > Simplistic thinking need not apply. > > For instance, read Anne Fausto-Sterling: > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/44470288/Fausto-sterling-the-Five-Sexes-Revisited#scribd > > Paul C Bernhardt > Associate Professor of Psychology > Frostburg State University > pcbernhardtâfrostburg.edu<http://frostburg.edu> > > > > > > > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:46 AM, michael sylvester > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > With Bruce Jenner in mind.ANOVA may have to make some adjustmes to > accommodate > LGBT subjects. Currently the gender variable N2 male/female but with LGBT > subjects coming into the subject pool we may be lookimg not at a 2x2 > design but a 3x2 design.Of course ANOVA > measures simple,main,and interaction effects.Those analyses would be very > interestingWith LGBT a subset of the gender paradigm,when does the he or > the she kicks in. > michael > daytona beach.florida > 'going beyond where no tipster has gone before.' > > > ________________________________ > [http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png] > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! > Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/> protection is active. > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa657a&n=T&l=tips&o=44706 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-44706-357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa6...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-44706-357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa6...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > > > > > > > > -- > Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling > University of Central Arkansas > Conway, AR 72035 > 501-450-5418 > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1989792.4335dcd8aae84aca9a8bb2e89f646286&n=T&l=tips&o=44715 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-44715-1989792.4335dcd8aae84aca9a8bb2e89f646...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-44715-1989792.4335dcd8aae84aca9a8bb2e89f646...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=44717 > or send a blank email to > leave-44717-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=44791 or send a blank email to leave-44791-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
