tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post6097996069369688026..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-70621829769533790262007-01-20T17:32:00.000-08:002007-01-20T17:32:00.000-08:00Cool. I figured it wasn't small, but I just wanted...Cool. I figured it wasn't small, but I just wanted to be able to give people a number when I tell them about it. Thanks!agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-66418214891604979472007-01-20T14:28:00.000-08:002007-01-20T14:28:00.000-08:00Agnostic: I don't think small sample size is any p...Agnostic: I don't think small sample size is any problem on that analysis. They asked 25,490 people about the education of their spouses.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-52322358056937983342007-01-20T10:27:00.000-08:002007-01-20T10:27:00.000-08:00OT, but could I ask what the sample size was for a...OT, but could I ask what the sample size was for a previous post that found little change in assortative mating for education level?<br /><br />http://inductivist.blogspot.com/2006/10/no-trend-toward-assortative-mating-for.htmlagnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-20932541734761468192007-01-20T09:22:00.000-08:002007-01-20T09:22:00.000-08:00Another complication is that positive and negative...Another complication is that positive and negative feelings / emotional states are not poles of the same continuum -- they are orthogonal vectors, the positive feelings increasing with higher Extraversion, and negative ones increasing with higher Neuroticism. If you score highly on both, people will perceive you as in the same class as manic-depressives -- happy and outgoing lots of the time, but also insecure and depressed often as well. They correspond to the "choleric" category in the "four humors" typology: hot-headed.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.com