comparative value priorities of chinese and new zealand

Std Dev 0.98 0.90 Std Dev 0.87 0.94
Variance estimate 0.95 0.80 Variance estimate 0.76 0.89
Max 5.00 5.00 Max 2.95 1.83
Min 1.00 1.00 Min -3.63 -4.61
Range 4.00 4.00 Range 6.58 6.44
Skewness -0.28 -1.21 Skewness -0.40 -1.33
Kurtosis -0.27 2.18 Kurtosis 0.72 2.72
Obscuring of Bimodality of Responses by MRAT Centring
Inspecting data from the USA, the MRAT centring process tends to obscure bimodality
of distribution of responses. In Figure 4.20 for data from the USA Tradition and
Hedonism items we see for the item 18 raw scores, v18, a bimodal distribution with the
mode at 3 and a peak at 5 and 6, and a more confused distribution of cv18, the centred
scores. Item scores for c57 and cv57 show more congruent distributions of Likert scale
selections.
Figure 4.20. USA Item Distributions for Raw and MRAT Centred Scores for
Tradition Item 18 and Hedonism Item 57
18 RESPECT FOR TRADITION: preservation of time-honoured customs:
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