The independence of three paired classroom belief items (Nos. 5, 10, and 23) inRotter's I-E Scale as a possible subclass was identified in a study in which 129 men and 131 women undergraduate students (M age = 24.3 yr.) were subjects and illustrated here by applying the ratio of internal scores per item with the total 23 I-E items.
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