Jonas {psychonetrics}

Jonas dataset

Description

Responses of 10 attitude items towards a researcher named Jonas. Participants were shown three photos of Jonas with the text: "This is Jonas, a researcher from Germany who is now becoming a PhD in Psychology". Subsequently, the participants had to answer 10 yes / no questions starting with "I believe that Jonas...", as well as rate their familliarity with Jonas. The sample consists of people familiar with Jonas and not familiar with Jonas, and allows for testing Attitudinal Entropy Framework <doi:10.1080/1047840X.2018.1537246>.

Usage

data("Jonas")

Format

A data frame with 215 observations on the following 12 variables.

scientist

... is a good scientist

jeans

... Is a person that wears beautiful jeans

cares

... really cares about people like you

economics

... would solve our economic problems

hardworking

... is hardworking

honest

... is honest

intouch

... is in touch with ordinary people

knowledgeable

... is knowledgeable

makeupmind

... can't make up his mind

getsthingsdone

... gets things done

familiar

Answers to the question "How familiar are you with Jonas?" (three responses possible)

group

The question 'familiar' categorized in two groups ("Knows Jonas" and "Doesn't Know Jonas")

Examples

data(Jonas)