Does Height Matter? An Examination of Height Preferences in Romantic Coupling

Does Height Matter? An Examination of Height Preferences in Romantic Coupling

Amidst increasingly equality in belief and in practice between the sexes, we ask if height preferences still matter, and if so, why people say they matter. First, we collected data from Yahoo! dating personal advertisements. Second, we used answers to open-ended questions in an online survey. The Yahoo! data document that height is still important in decisions to date but that it is more import...

Why does height matter in hiring ?

Although previous research has established that physical height matters in hiring contexts, it is less clear through which channels height exerts its effect. The current research examines several potential components of the height premium: warmth, competence, job competency for a leadership position, physical health, and attractiveness. We made target individuals taller or shorter by digitally ...

Does number of options in multiple choice tests affect item facility and discrimination? An examination of test-taker preferences

Multiple Choice tests are utilized widely in educational assessment because of their objectivity, ease of scoring, and reliability. This study aimed to compare IF and ID of MC vocabulary test items and attempted to find whether these indices are affected by the number of options. To this end, four 20 item stem equivalent vocabulary tests (3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-option MC) were administered to 194 (1...

A diallel analysis of height in wheat

Examination of a critical roughness height for outer layer similarity

The existence of a critical roughness height for outer layer similarity between smooth and rough wall turbulent boundary layers is investigated. Results are presented for boundary layer measurements on flat plates covered with sandgrain and woven mesh with the ratio of the boundary layer thickness to roughness height /k varying from 16 to 110 at Re =7.3 103–13 103. In all cases tested, the laye...