Comments on: Women and Superstitions – Part One http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/ Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: podblack http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-52954 podblack Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:03:35 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-52954 Oooh, I saw that you noticed that Maira is presenting on Skeptically Speaking tomorrow? Zip in an email if you think your comment on the comment section is overlooked? :) Oooh, I saw that you noticed that Maira is presenting on Skeptically Speaking tomorrow? Zip in an email if you think your comment on the comment section is overlooked? :)

]]> By: podblack http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-52618 podblack Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:09:58 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-52618 BPesta - too late!!! Already got published in the Open Laboratory for 2008! :P BPesta – too late!!! Already got published in the Open Laboratory for 2008! :P

]]> By: bpesta http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-52610 bpesta Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:33:33 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-52610 Also, I have a pretty large data set looking at several religiosity dimensions (spirituality; biblical literalism, openness to religious change/questioning). I didn't find a hint of a sex difference on anything religious. Also, I have a pretty large data set looking at several religiosity dimensions (spirituality; biblical literalism, openness to religious change/questioning). I didn’t find a hint of a sex difference on anything religious.

]]> By: bpesta http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-52609 bpesta Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:31:14 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-52609 Pod! Yer awesome. Be careful not to drink the science blog kool aid though. Pod! Yer awesome. Be careful not to drink the science blog kool aid though.

]]> By: Rev. Dr. Incitatus http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Rev. Dr. Incitatus Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:00 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-614 Good luck with the class. I find statistics both compelling and horrifying in equal measures. And psychometrics... struth, that stuff can get seriously arcane. Good luck with the class. I find statistics both compelling and horrifying in equal measures. And psychometrics… struth, that stuff can get seriously arcane.

]]> By: podblack http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-618 podblack Mon, 12 May 2008 00:11:59 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-618 @ Rev. Dr. Incitatus - yes, that is an example of one of the papers I found early on in my researching. A straight-forward study, not unlike what I was hoping to do. Yet, as you say yourself, it's stats and formation of the questioning that need to be looked at. More recently I've been investigating studies that use Rasch models and inquiring of my professors (actually, I have a special stats class some time this month, I should get moving on that!) how to better create scales for my own little study. @ Rev. Dr. Incitatus – yes, that is an example of one of the papers I found early on in my researching. A straight-forward study, not unlike what I was hoping to do. Yet, as you say yourself, it’s stats and formation of the questioning that need to be looked at. More recently I’ve been investigating studies that use Rasch models and inquiring of my professors (actually, I have a special stats class some time this month, I should get moving on that!) how to better create scales for my own little study.

]]> By: podblack http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-617 podblack Sun, 11 May 2008 23:39:18 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-617 Hey, no problems - I mean, I'm still looking into the factors myself! :) Hence all the writing. Hey, no problems – I mean, I’m still looking into the factors myself! :) Hence all the writing.

]]> By: Rev. Dr. Incitatus http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Rev. Dr. Incitatus Sun, 11 May 2008 19:56:16 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-616 Sorry to be filling up you inbox, but this caught my attention. <em>"An independent sample t-test indicated that females were significantly more spiritual than males on all other measures."</em> t-test? Judging by the experiments, a non-parametric test would have been more appropriate (Mann-Whitney?). In which case, I would be surprised if the differences between gender scores was significant. Sorry to be filling up you inbox, but this caught my attention.

“An independent sample t-test indicated that females were significantly more spiritual than males on all other measures.”

t-test? Judging by the experiments, a non-parametric test would have been more appropriate (Mann-Whitney?). In which case, I would be surprised if the differences between gender scores was significant.

]]> By: Elliott http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-615 Elliott Sun, 11 May 2008 15:37:59 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-615 No citations, I'm afraid: this is an "intuition" or "prereflective judgement". I have to admit that prereflective judgement sounds an awful lot like prejudice. And, of course, mature reflection may cause one to radically alter, if not contradict, one's intuitions. No citations, I’m afraid: this is an “intuition” or “prereflective judgement”. I have to admit that prereflective judgement sounds an awful lot like prejudice. And, of course, mature reflection may cause one to radically alter, if not contradict, one’s intuitions.

]]> By: podblack http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-612 podblack Sun, 11 May 2008 15:23:12 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-612 I have a reader! Wahoo! :D Elliot, I'd like to see some research on that before I'd come to that conclusion? Much of what I'm doing here is unpacking journal articles on the issue and I have found some cultural investigations (books like Katz's The Occult Tradition and more recently I found Marina Warner's Phantasmagoria... there's another mentioned in a parapsychology seminar that I should track down) that might support that theory. But thanks, I'll get looking and see if I can answer that question in 'part three', which I hope to have out later this week! I have a reader! Wahoo! :D Elliot, I’d like to see some research on that before I’d come to that conclusion?

Much of what I’m doing here is unpacking journal articles on the issue and I have found some cultural investigations (books like Katz’s The Occult Tradition and more recently I found Marina Warner’s Phantasmagoria… there’s another mentioned in a parapsychology seminar that I should track down) that might support that theory.

But thanks, I’ll get looking and see if I can answer that question in ‘part three’, which I hope to have out later this week!

]]> By: Elliott http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Elliott Sun, 11 May 2008 15:17:00 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-613 Might one not find fewer men who consult alleged psychics, simply because men are in general less likely to seek any sort of help or advice? Might one not find fewer men who consult alleged psychics, simply because men are in general less likely to seek any sort of help or advice?

]]> By: Auntie Em http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Auntie Em Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:05:05 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-611 There's also the fact that the media like to construct what they think of as normality. Like this email I received last September from a UK TV production company: http://emmalouise99.blogspot.com/2007/09/shes-rationalhes-flake.html "I am contacting you from [TV Channel]. We are producing a new programme called [Hopelessly Derivative Programme Name] and I was wondering if you might know someone who would like to take part. The premise of the show is opposites attract... <b>We are looking for a sceptic man in his 30’s and 40’s to be on the show.</b>" And so the dyad is endlessly reconstructed: He's rational, she's a flake. http://tinyurl.com/6pof46 There’s also the fact that the media like to construct what they think of as normality. Like this email I received last September from a UK TV production company:

http://emmalouise99.blogspot.com/2007/09/shes-rationalhes-flake.html

“I am contacting you from [TV Channel]. We are producing a new programme called [Hopelessly Derivative Programme Name] and I was wondering if you might know someone who would like to take part. The premise of the show is opposites attract… We are looking for a sceptic man in his 30’s and 40’s to be on the show.”

And so the dyad is endlessly reconstructed: He’s rational, she’s a flake.

http://tinyurl.com/6pof46

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]]> By: skepbitch http://podblack.com/2008/04/women-and-superstitions-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-609 skepbitch Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:48:14 +0000 http://podblack.wordpress.com/?p=530#comment-609 I avoid the use of 'woo' too. It's immediately dismissive and has the same haughtiness of 'Bright'. I avoid the use of ‘woo’ too. It’s immediately dismissive and has the same haughtiness of ‘Bright’.

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