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PREFACE
I have occasionally used unique abbreviations, styles, and formatting in this thesis.
Details follow.
Terminology
TERMINOLOGY, ABBREVIATIONS, STYLE AND FORMATTING
“Gender” references in this thesis refer to biological sex, male and female, and do not
include sexual orientation related to behaviour.
Statistical Reporting
SPSS© is an acronym for a statistical data editor and analysis manager originally named
“Statistical Package for the Social Sciences” and is a product of SPSS Inc.,
Headquarters, 233 S. Wacker Drive, 11th floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606, USA.
Sample size, N, varies for the samples in statistical analyses because the SPSS facility
for excluding data on a pair-wise basis was employed. SPSS allows specification of
either list-wise deletion or pair-wise deletion of missing values. One can elect either
when conducting each test in SPSS.
List-wise deletion: SPSS will not include cases (subjects) that have missing values on
the variable(s) under analysis. When analysing multiple variables list-wise deletion
removes cases (subjects) if there is a missing value on any of the variables. The
disadvantage can be a large loss of data due to removing all data from subjects who may
have answered some of the questions, but not others.
Pair-wise deletion – SPSS will include all available data. Pair-wise deletion removes the
specific missing values from the analysis (not the entire case/subject); hence all
available data is included. Pair-wise deletion will result in slightly different sample sizes
for each analysis.
Unless otherwise noted, all significance levels reported are calculated as 2-tailed
probability estimates; a 2-tailed probability is the probability of obtaining a result as
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