SCORES ON A STATISTICS TEST AND SCORES ON THE DEFENSE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE

Scores for 21 men and 41 women on a university statistics lest were co mpared with scores on the 1993 Defense Style Questionnaire of Andrews, el at. The significant negative association between higher scores on the statistics test and higher scores on the measure of the defence me chanism oi projection suggested the latter construct be considered whe n examining: statistical achievement.