A large archive of information is therefore readily available to give the question thorough and cross-cultural investigation. Its positive and negative halves correlated .60. The scale did, then, distribute the respondents well and showed that they tended to reject racist sentiments to the extent of showing a mean score about two thirds of an S.D. below the scale midpoint. Aggressive dominance, then, did not correlate with racism. This study used a random mail-out sample of 172 adult Australians.
Aborigines are Australia's native blacks.
Again the mean score for four items was above the midpoint with ten items below. The mean scale score was, however, a little closer to the scale midpoint so again the items distributed the subjects well. Again, racists showed no significant sign of being aggressively dominant. This study used a random doorstep sample of the Munich conurbation in West Germany. Two items showed means above the item midpoint and eight showed means below.