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Table 1 Percentage agreement with factors and items as a function of respondent group

From: Development of the Paranormal and Supernatural Beliefs Scale using classical and modern test theory

	Disagree %		Uncertain %		Agree %
	Believers	Sceptics	Believers	Sceptics	Believers	Sceptics
Factor 1 Total	13	75	19	12	67	13
Item 1	4	60	16	13	80	27
Item 3	8	55	18	22	74	23
Item 5	31	90	25	5	45	5
Item 7	14	71	22	20	64	9
Item 8	11	87	16	5	73	8
Item 9	13	82	9	13	78	5
Item 10	3	64	11	15	87	21
Item 12	8	72	28	17	64	11
Item 13	22	91	11	5	67	4
Item 15*	9	61	24	18	68	21
Item 16	13	68	10	7	77	26
Item 17*	13	80	31	11	56	9
Item 18	20	86	25	6	54	8
Item 20	18	91	26	7	56	3
Factor 2 Total	64	94	12	2	23	4
Item 2	61	92	15	3	25	5
Item 4	60	95	11	3	30	3
Item 6	73	95	11	1	16	4
Factor 3 Total	30	69	20	6	49	25
Item 11*	46	85	14	1	39	15
Item 14*	23	57	24	10	54	32
Item 19*	21	64	24	8	55	28

*Reverse scored items, table presents the percentage of believers and sceptics who indicated agreement, disagreement, or uncertainty for each item and each factor

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