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With Bem's shift from advocacy of t-difference to median split procedures for scoring the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), all the major androgyny measures are now scored according to median splits. These comments are directed to ward differences in interpretation of the scale as a result of varying scoring methods, and the psychometric problems introduced by median split procedures.
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Sedney, M.A. Comments on median split procedures for scoring androgyny measures. Sex Roles 7, 217–222 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287807
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