In this paper, we present a study of lay people’s opinions on grand and petty corruption. The study was conducted with young and older adults by means of a questionnaire made up of open and closed items. Results show that, for our respondents, grand corruption is associated with the...

Though ubiquitous, Likert scaling’s traditional mode of analysis is often unable to uncover all of the valid information in a data set. Here, the authors discuss a solution to this problem based on methodology developed by quantum physicists: the state multipole method. The authors...

Mothers' intuitive models concerning the causes of fever in their children and their beliefs about the effects of different treatments were compared to modern, folk and ancient models of the subject. A questionnaire was devised, presenting statements that were generated from the responses in a...