nsTeam1RO, nsTeam1RW, nsTeam1_talkRO, nsTeam1_talkRW
13,818
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 9:
Line 9: + + + +
no edit summary
::::I am concerned by the inference of the people running the test, and your own comments, that the Napoleon complex is somehow endemic of all people with short stature and can therefore be easily measured by taking a sample size of 10 people. Nowhere does the article imply that is the case and I take a certain amount of personal offense in trying to make it claim such. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 13:03, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
::::I am concerned by the inference of the people running the test, and your own comments, that the Napoleon complex is somehow endemic of all people with short stature and can therefore be easily measured by taking a sample size of 10 people. Nowhere does the article imply that is the case and I take a certain amount of personal offense in trying to make it claim such. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 13:03, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
::::: I didn't assert that it would be endemic of all short people merely that it should bring up the average. SO if 10 isn't a large enough sample size, what would be a large enough sample in your view? 100? 1000? Note also that if you argue that only a small fraction of short people have a Napoleon complex and most overcompensate in the other direction, then what study would you want to have done? Maybe see if for a large sample there are more short people on the very agressive end than one would expect from a bellcurve distribution? [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 16:21, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
::::: I didn't assert that it would be endemic of all short people merely that it should bring up the average. SO if 10 isn't a large enough sample size, what would be a large enough sample in your view? 100? 1000? Note also that if you argue that only a small fraction of short people have a Napoleon complex and most overcompensate in the other direction, then what study would you want to have done? Maybe see if for a large sample there are more short people on the very agressive end than one would expect from a bellcurve distribution? [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 16:21, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
:::::: 10 people will not bring up the average unless you happened to get very 'lucky' and catch someone with the complex. I am not sure why that is not extremely self evident on its own, and especially after the conversation that has been taking place. I wouldn't test direct physical confrontation at all, but would focus on analyzing some form of aggressive or domineering behavior in the safety of anonymity where there is no threat of future retribution. How many people would it take? As many as are necessary in a rare condition. It is also possible to work from the other side and question people who are believed to have the behavior about what drives them and compile data accordingly. Similar methods were used for determining the traits of 'self actualization' under Maslow.
:::::: If you have a further need to discuss testing methodology we can do so under your user discussion section as the correspondance that is taking place here seems to have little to do with the article as written and more to do with hypothetical curiosities of testing validity that you wish to explore. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 02:57, 28 May 2007 (EDT)