Political Liberalism-Conservatism among Clergy: The Question of Dimensionality
研究了Mann（1970）关于政治自由主义在高度参与社会政治过程的群体中具有单一维度的结论，通过对1972年和1978年六个新教教派神职人员的全国样本分析，发现议题项目间高度相关，因子分析仅提取一个显著因子，支持了政治自由主义-保守主义的单一维度评估。
The conclusion by Mann (1970) that unidimensionality of political liberalism exists among groups who are very interested and/or active in the sociopolitical processes was investigated. Two national samples of clergy for the years 1972 and 1978 from six Protestant denominations revealed a high degree of interrelationship among items pertaining to topical issues. In factor analysis, only one significant factor emerged. Unidimensionality of political liberalism-conservatism appears as a reasonable assessment of the positions of these clergy concerning sociopolitical issues.