The RWA scale’s cross-cultural uniformity may vanish with broader sampling

Evidence

At the beginning of this book I observed that we often swap a lot of stereotypes when discussing liberals and conservatives. I promised to let the scientific method do the talking, and I hope you agree that the evidence presented in this book cannot be dismissed as “just opinions.” Exhibit 12.1 lists fifty noteworthy results of the experiments I conducted, all based on completely objective scoring, not “dream interpretations.” The studies turned out the way they did because that is apparently the way things are. Furthermore, in nearly all these cases the RWA relationships proved quite substantial, sometimes ranking among the strongest findings we have ever uncovered in the behavioral sciences. Moreover, RWA Scale findings have a very good record of replication by other researchers, just as some of my findings are replications of others’ discoveries. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3769 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Question wording and historical context make cross-year race-attitude survey items non-comparable. — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 1330; RWA covariation may be culturally restricted rather than universal — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 248; RWA Scale findings rank among the strongest and most replicated results in behavioral science — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3769 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• RWA Scale findings rank among the strongest and most replicated results in behavioral science #complicates (0.78) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3769