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Sociológia (Sociology)
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2005
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vol. 37
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issue 3
275-291
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All questionnaires, regardless of what they measure, must demonstrate good performance with regard to psychometric properties. Psychometrics is a branch of survey research that has developed methods how to quantify errors in measurement because no matter how well is the questionnaire prepared, observed data bears except of desired true data also measurement errors. You should distinguish notion psychometrics from psychometrics used in sociological practice. There is no Slovak equivalent for psychometrics (as a branch of survey research) at the moment, although term psychometrics is common abroad and comprehended correctly. But we can also say we are introducing methodological requirements for data collected through the questionnaire surveys that should be satisfied prior to any statistical manipulation. Rehák (1998) noticed the quality of data determinate the quality of results. In general, questionnaires collecting research data should satisfy requirements of validity, reliability and feasibility. Criteria and standards in psychometrics are not defined as strict rules, but rather as ranges within you would expect certain indicators to fall if the questionnaire is operating correctly. Also the strict limit showing which and how many tests must be used to proof the quality of questionnaire is missing. According to the most of reviewed literature authors use the same set of tests that vary only in number of tests according to which psychometrics areas were tested. Methodology, how to test your quality of data collected through the questionnaire survey, is demonstrated on empirical Slovak data achieved through the Multi-country Survey Study (MCSS) questionnaire.
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Autorka analizuje rezultaty ankiety przeprowadzonej wśród studentów Moskwy i Kaliningradu w 2004 roku. Analiza danych ankietowych wykazała, że w świadomości mieszkańców Kaliningradu dzięki częstym bezpośrednim kontaktom z Polakami utrwalił się zdecydowanie konkretny obyczajowy obraz: Słowianina-katolika, inteligentnego Europejczyka lub negatywnie nacechowany obraz sąsiada-handlarza. Mieszkańcy Moskwy mają bardziej rozmyte wyobrażenia o Polakach, ponieważ nie są one oparte na doświadczeniu, lecz na materiale o charakterze historyczno-kulturowym. Tłumaczy to obecność pozytywnych konotacji w „moskiewskim” stereotypie Polaka. Składa się on z kilku profili: nacjonalisty-rusofoba, młodszego brata-intelektualisty czy też bajkowego księcia. Niektórzy moskiewscy respondenci nie widzą różnicy między Polakami i innymi zachodnimi Słowianami, przede wszystkim Czechami (Polak jest zatem postrzegany jako typowy przedstawiciel zachodnich Słowian).
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An analysis is offered of a questionnaire distributed among students in Moscow and Kaliningrad. In the consciousness of the latter group of students, thanks to frequent direct contact with Poles, a specific image of a Pole has become entrenched: that of a Catholic-Slav, an intelligent European or, with negative connotations, a trading neighbour. The image of a Pole among the inhabitants of Moscow is more vague, as it is not based on experience but rather on historical and cultural sources. This is the origin of positive elements in the stereotypic picture of a Pole. It consists of several profiles: a nationalist-Russophobe, a younger brother-intellectual or a prince from a fairy tale. Some Muscovites do not distinguish between Poles and other Western Slavs, especially Czechs: a Pole is, thus, perceived as a typical representative of that group of Slavs.
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Autorzy opierając się na metodologii Jerzego Bartmińskiego, rekonstruują stereotyp Polaka mieszkającego w Polsce, a funkcjonujący wśród studentów amerykańskich z dwóch uniwersytetów w Wisconsin i Milwaukee. Obraz otrzymany w wyniku 10-punktowej ankiety jest dość ogólnikowy. W aspekcie fizycznym Polak jest postrzegany jako blondyn o niebieskich oczach, człowiek otyły, krępy, ciepło ubrany. W aspekcie bytowym kojarzony jest z ciężką pracą; w aspekcie psychicznym – z głupotą; w aspekcie społecznym – postrzegany jest jako tradycjonalista, człowiek, który ceni życie rodzinne, jest gościnny. W aspekcie duchowym Polak to katolik i chrześcijanin. Jeśli chodzi o „przedmioty” kojarzone z Polakiem, studenci amerykańscy najczęściej wymieniali polską kiełbasę i pierogi. Atrybuty odnoszące się do współczesnej Polski i jej mieszkańców są nieliczne. Oprócz Papieża, ograniczały się do pojedynczych haseł typu Gdańsk, Wałęsa i Solidarność.
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With the help of Jerzy Bartminski's methodology, the authors reconstructed the stereotype of Poles living in Poland as it functions among students of two American universities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The picture received on the basis of a ten-point questionnaire is rather general. In terms of appearance, a Pole is seen as blue-eyed and fair-haired, obese, stocky and dressed in warm clothes. In everyday life Poles are associated with hard work, in the psychological sense with stupidity, in the social sense with attachment to tradition, family and hospitality. In the spiritual sense, a Pole is a Catholic and a Christian. The most frequently mentioned artifacts associated with Poles are the sausage (Polish kielbasa) and dumplings (pierogies). Attributes of contemporary Poland and its inhabitians are not numerous. Apart from the Pope, they are limited to a few concepts such as Gdansk, Walesa and Solidarnosc.
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The aim of this article was to investigate the relationship between P300, evoked by a standard visual oddball paradigm, and extraversion measured by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-RA). The sample consisted of 54 subjects, all female, right-handers, in the age range 19-23 years. P300 was measured using occipital and parietal electrodes in two repeated trials for each subject. Regardless of the trial block, the electrode site effect was significant for both latencies and amplitudes. A tendency towards lower P300-amplitudes emerged in the second trial, implying a habituation effect. Subjects with higher extraversion showed significantly shorter P300-latencies recorded on the parietal group of electrodes (P3 and P4). However, as a more prominent relationship in the same direction was determined between the extraversion sub trait adventurousness and P300-latency, the effect of extraversion could be mainly attributable to adventurousness. The findings are discussed in terms of arousal theory and task demands.
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The article presents the stereotype of a Pole in Lithuania, reconstructed on the basis of linguistic data, historical sources, press articles and folklore, in which the contemporary consciousness of Lithuanians is reflected in several ways. The authoresses have also conducted a questionnaire among students in Vilnius, making use of some of the questions from the Lublin LAS questionnaire (the ethnonym and its understanding, its synonyms, the characteristics and appearance of a typical representative, the valence of the expressions 'the Polish way' or 'like a Pole', the ways of complementing the formula 'he/she is a Pole but...', jokes and proverbs), and enriched it with questions about symbolic figures.The basic factors shaping the stereotype of a Pole and Poland in Lithuania were historical events, a strong and long-lasting influence of Poland on Lithuania in numerous spheres of life. The stereotype of a Pole has taken shape as a reflection of the resistance of Lithuanians to the process of Polonization, a resistance gaining in strength since the end of the 19th century, as well as of the development of nationalistic ideology in Lithuanian society. The Lithuanian stereotype of a Pole embraced various aspects of clear axiological overtones: social (a Pole used to be a member of the gentry, a persons of higher rank, now: a tradesman, businessman, thief), physical (a characteristic appearance, e.g. clothes), psychological (traits of character and patterns of behaviour, among which dominate conceit, the feeling of superiority over Lithuanians, cunningness and craft), ideological (excessive piety). Particular attention is paid to the Polish language, which is reflected in numerous paraphrases, parodies and sayings. The attitude of Lithuanians to Poles rests on the fear of a possible threat from the latter. A negative stereotype of a Pole has arisen from the historical complex of a suppressed nation. It is interesting that the complex surfaces in relation to Lithuanian-based Poles but not in relation to Poland as a country, which Lithuanians perceive in mildly positive terms and even take pride in the common past of the two nations.
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Peer nomination and peer rating which are used in standard text sociometric questionnaires can be also used in graphical form of sociometric questionnaires. Children may consider the graphical questionnaire more interesting and more playful. We created the graphical sociometric questionnaire which is based on peer rating. We aimed to verify its validity by comparing it with text sociometric questionnaire. Our sample consisted of 125 sixth and seventh graders from three elementary schools in Slovakia. The results indicate that graphical sociometric questionnaire is a valid assessment method for measuring social status of group members. We suggest that graphical questionnaire is more sensitive in discrimination of children´ social status. But graphical questionnaire did not show exactly status of neglected children. Neglected children are better identified by text sociometric questionnaire.
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The article presents the results of a questionnaire in which I asked theatrical translators about e.g. their education, number of plays translated, opinion about the specific nature of translating for theatre, attitude to adaptations, the biggest satisfactions and disappointments related to working on translations of theatre plays. The comparison and interpretation of answers sent by 25 translators, mostly living in France and translating into French, are complemented by the points of view of two Polish respondents as well as by information about the profile of theatrical translators in the United Kingdom and Italy, information from the latest scholarly publications devoted to this field of translation.
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The article presents the results of a questionnaire in which I asked theatrical translators about e.g. their education, number of plays translated, opinion about the specific nature of translating for theatre, attitude to adaptations, the biggest satisfactions and disappointments related to working on translations of theatre plays. The comparison and interpretation of answers sent by 25 translators, mostly living in France and translating into French, are complemented by the points of view of two Polish respondents as well as by information about the profile of theatrical translators in the United Kingdom and Italy, information from the latest scholarly publications devoted to this field of translation.
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The purpose of this paper was to explore inter-group differences in mental and physical health between retired persons who have returned to work and those who are unemployed. Selected demographic attributes (sex, age, years of education, etc.) were also examined for their relationship to mental health. The subjects were a convenience sample of 150 people aged 48 to 72 who were recruited from a retirement centre in Isfahan city (75 newly-employed retired persons, and a control group of 75 unemployed retired persons). The general health questionnaire (GHQ) was applied to measure the status of mental health. The results showed that unemployed retired persons had significantly lower scores than those who had new employment in mental health and, especially, in physical function.
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The article focuses on an analysis of the situation in which information is obtained from respondents in questionnaire surveys. From the perspective of the cognitive aspects of survey methodology the article takes a complex view of this situation and applies theoretical concepts and empirical evidence in order to explain the close connection between the interview situation and the quality of the information obtained. The interview situation is portrayed in its twofold form: personal aspects (the mental operations of respondents) and social aspects (the interaction and communication between the interviewer and the respondent). The analysis of the interactive aspects of the interview situation draws attention to the rules of standard communication, which interfere with the ordinary concept of the standardised interview and the course of mental processes. The cognitive aspect of responding to questions is analysed from the perspective of the wider understanding of context effects, the author refers to the most important theoretical concepts relating to individual effects and empirical evidence of some effects that influence the response process. The article takes a somewhat untypical approach to some aspects of data collection in questionnaire surveys and into the Czech context introduces the cognitive aspects of the methodology of questionnaire surveys.
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The chief aim of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to analyse the analogical and creative processes used by individuals when solving open problems. The investigation was carried out with a sample of 349 participants, ages 14 to 15 years, 147 boys and 202 girls, from both public and subsidized schools of the Community of Navarre (Spain). The employed procedure was a four-phase sequence: elaboration of the items of the questionnaire, administration of the analogical reasoning and creativity tests, training in the analogical procedure and creativity components, and solution of an open problem, responding individually to the questionnaire. Psychometric analyses revealed that the seven-item Analogical and Creative Questionnaire (ACQ) has satisfactory internal consistency, a clear factor structure, and acceptable convergent and content validity.
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The aim of the study is to analyse the interaction styles of teachers in a selected secondary school in Poprad through the use of a standardised questionnaire adapted in Slovakia. To determine the interaction style, we will use an adaptation of the Teachers’ Interaction Style Questionnaire (Gavora et al., 2003). The research was carried out in the selected school, as work at this school includes the teaching of adolescents with the predominance of male students. The findings of the research show that the self-perception of the interaction style by the teachers themselves and their students is different. There is no significant relationship between the interaction style of the teacher and the student’s achievement and the frequency of student’s satisfaction with the teacher. In our opinion, the lack of relationship between teachers’ interaction style and students’ achievement and the frequency of students’ satisfaction with their relationship with teachers may be due to the nature of the school and its students. Effective management of such an environment is characterized by the need for increased pedagogical skills, so we also focus on the teacher’s interaction style, which we consider to be a key element of a quality pedagogical process. The study can also be the foundation for support programmes for teachers, for example in the context of their innovative training. The main purpose of the study is to compare the results between teachers’ own perception of their interaction style and students’ perception thereof. The research also included an analysis of the relationships of teachers’ interaction styles with students’ achievement and the frequency of students’ satisfaction with their relationship with their teachers. The main contributions include conducting a probe into the analysis of the interaction styles of the selected teachers, which may have practical benefits for them.
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The development and associated life conditions of members of national minorities in Slovakia is influenced by several factors. This article’s hypothesis is that one of the significant factors determining the quality of life of national minorities is the degree to which minorities follow media output focussed on them. This article interprets the scale of minorities’ engagement with selected media categories (in print, radio and television) using questionnaire collection data in the APVV project. Additionally, the aim of this contribution is to monitor the development of the culture of national minorities in the media sphere through comparing the current research results with the research of the previous project from 2004. Due to the national heterogeneity of Slovakia, an important step by Slovak governmental organizations has been the monitoring and subsequent support and further development of nationality cultural activities. Besides a number of organizations, associations, theatres, museums, associations, civic groups and national minorities groups which organize many cultural activities, the minority culture is also supported by regular radio and television broadcasts on Slovak Radio and Television stations (RTVS) – which was established as public, national, information, cultural and educational institution. The analysis of the results of the questionnaire from the current APVV project confirmed the statistical significance of the minority factor both in relation to the minority press as well as in relation to the minority broadcasting of RTVS on both the radio and television. In summary, the relationship between the rates of following of the minority press and broadcasting by the relevant minority is interrelated with the life and development of the national minority itself; and, correspondingly, this directly affects the rate of minority broadcasting.
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This paper examines the linguistic image of the word “matka” (mother) in Slovak and its profiles. Theoretically, the paper is based on the principles of Slavic ethno-linguistics, and the examination of the Slovak linguistic image of mother relies on available relevant linguistic and empirical data. The analysis of linguistic data includes an examination of the lexical meaning captured in explanatory dictionaries, an examination of images of mother in Slovak phraseological units, as well as of the etymology of the lexeme “matka”. The empirical data was collected via questionnaire, and the paper both evaluates and correlates it with linguistic image of the word “matka” in Slovak. Finally, the paper enumerates individual profiles of “matka” in Slovak.
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The purpose of this investigation was to examine the importance that university students attach to cognitive variables in their emotional experiences. Specifically, the following variables were assessed: knowledge of emotional content, control of mood states and emotional reactions, generation of emotions that facilitate reflection, and appraisal of the effects of one's emotions on interpersonal behaviours. The study was carried out on a sample of 398 participants, male and female, students of humanities and social sciences and economic sciences and engineering, aged between 18 and 25 years. A 20-item questionnaire was elaborated and validated (the Cognition/Affect Questionnaire, CAQ) and rated on a response scale ranging from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (extremely important). The results show that the university students assessed differed significantly in the importance they attached to knowledge of emotions as a function of the degree studied, to control of mood states and emotional reactions as a function of age, and to social consequences of emotions as a function of their sex. They also show that the CAQ is a reliable and valid instrument. The implications for future research are discussed.
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