Obliquity, obliqueness, and the factor structure of the PBS.
A commentary on the work by T. Lawrence and his collaborators on the Paranormal Belief Scale (PBS) and its subscale structure. Lawrence and his collaborators are free to explore how well the PBS subscale structure is accounted for by any factor model that they choose, including an Orthogonal Seven...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Parapsychology Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 393 - 397 |
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Rhine Research Center
December 1999
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