The WWW as a Research Medium: An Illustrative Survey on Paranormal Belief

Data collected with a short World Wide Web (WWW) survey on paranormal belief, age, sex, locus of control, extraversion, emotional and physical well-being, and mood were compared with findings from recent literature while controlling for effects of self-selection. Each variable was measured with one...

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Published in:Perceptual and motor skills 2000-06, Vol.90 (3_suppl), p.1195-1206
Main Authors: Göritz, Anja S., Schumacher, Jörg
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Internal-External Control
Internet - statistics & numerical data
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Parapsychology - statistics & numerical data
Psychic phenomena
Psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Research Design - standards
Sex Factors
World Wide Web
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