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The numbers in this table are the average departures of the scores of
many randomly drawn samples from the total score of 500 dreams. There were
sixty random samplings of 25 dreams, thirty samplings of 50 dreams, eighteen
of 75 dreams, fifteen of 100 dreams, and six of 250 dreams. As expected,
there is a very regular pattern, where smaller samples deviate more from the
total than the larger samples.
The units in this table are percentage points. For example, if we were to
take a random sample of 50 dreams from male college students and calculate
the Male/Female Percent, we would expect the score to be somewhere within 8.4
percentage points of the overall normative figure of 67%; i.e., between about
59% and 76%. With a sample of 250 dreams, we'd expect a score within just
1.6% of the norms.
The 500 dreams used to create this table were the same dreams used to develop
the Hall/Van de Castle norms for male college
students.
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Number of dreams in the subsamples |
| CHARACTERS |
250 |
125 |
100 |
75 |
50 |
25 |
| Animal Percent |
±0.9 |
±1.3 |
±1.7 |
±1.9 |
±4.4 |
±7.6 |
| Male/Female Percent |
±1.6 |
±4.3 |
±4.4 |
±6.0 |
±8.4 |
±13.6 |
| Familiarity Percent |
±0.3 |
±3.4 |
±5.3 |
±4.4 |
±8.4 |
±13.4 |
| Friends Percent |
±0.9 |
±3.1 |
±5.7 |
±6.2 |
±11.7 |
±16.1 |
| Group Percent |
±0.7 |
±4.2 |
±3.1 |
±5.8 |
±7.3 |
±11.1 |
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| SOCIAL INTERACTIONS |
250 |
125 |
100 |
75 |
50 |
25 |
| A/C Index |
±1.8 |
±4.8 |
±4.4 |
±5.7 |
±6.5 |
±13.6 |
| F/C Index |
±0.4 |
±2.1 |
±2.7 |
±3.2 |
±5.0 |
±11.7 |
| S/C Index |
±1.5 |
±2.6 |
±2.9 |
±3.4 |
±5.0 |
±8.6 |
| Aggression/Friendliness Percent |
±1.3 |
±4.6 |
±5.0 |
±6.2 |
±8.8 |
±18.8 |
| Aggressor Percent |
±1.3 |
±7.1 |
±7.0 |
±8.2 |
±14.9 |
±29.2 |
| Befriender Percent |
±2.0 |
±8.8 |
±10.1 |
±11.8 |
±18.0 |
±30.3 |
| Physical Aggression Percent |
±1.2 |
±4.5 |
±7.2 |
±8.1 |
±15.4 |
±25.6 |
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| SETTINGS |
250 |
125 |
100 |
75 |
50 |
25 |
| Indoor Setting Percent
| ±1.2 |
±3.2 |
±5.2 |
±5.0 |
±8.7 |
±13.4 |
| Familiar Setting Percent |
±1.3 |
±6.5 |
±5.5 |
±9.6 |
±13.1 |
±24.6 |
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| OTHER CONTENT CATEGORIES |
250 |
125 |
100 |
75 |
50 |
25 |
| Dreamer-Involved Success Percent |
±5.1 |
±10.9 |
±10.5 |
±13.5 |
±26.3 |
±48.1 |
| Bodily Misfortunes Percent |
±0.8 |
±2.3 |
±4.4 |
±8.6 |
±12.1 |
±25.9 |
| Torso/Anatomy Percent |
±0.8 |
±7.2 |
±11.1 |
±9.2 |
±17.3 |
±28.6 |
| Negative Emotions Percent |
±2.6 |
±6.2 |
±7.5 |
±9.1 |
±13.4 |
±20.3 |
| Dreamer-Inv. Physical Activities |
±0.7 |
±2.3 |
±3.4 |
±3.1 |
±5.4 |
±9.2 |
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| % OF DREAMS WITH AT LEAST ONE: |
250 |
125 |
100 |
75 |
50 |
25 |
| Aggression |
±1.9 |
±5.7 |
±7.4 |
±7.6 |
±11.3 |
±17.3 |
| Friendliness |
±1.0 |
±4.0 |
±4.7 |
±8.0 |
±10.7 |
±18.0 |
| Sexuality |
±2.2 |
±3.7 |
±4.0 |
±5.1 |
±7.3 |
±14.7 |
| Misfortune |
±0.4 |
±2.8 |
±4.6 |
±6.2 |
±8.7 |
±17.3 |
| Success |
±1.1 |
±3.2 |
±5.4 |
±5.6 |
±10.0 |
±15.3 |
| Failure |
±1.9 |
±4.1 |
±5.2 |
±6.2 |
±8.7 |
±15.3 |
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