Table 5.

Descriptive statistics for Example 3 (COERCE full sample) and Example 4 (COERCE random sub-sample)

	item	n	mean	sd	median	min	max	skew	kurtosis
Full sample (n = 723)	i1	723	2.30	1.37	2	1	9	1.35	2.39
	i2	723	2.33	1.34	2	1	8	1.16	1.35
	i3	723	2.30	1.39	2	1	9	1.20	1.39
	i4	723	1.35	0.66	1	1	6	2.34	7.56
	i5	723	1.64	1.15	1	1	7	1.69	1.88
	i6	723	1.38	0.75	1	1	6	2.40	7.05
	i7	723	1.70	0.94	1	1	8	1.58	4.04
	i8	723	1.44	0.74	1	1	6	1.94	4.55
Random sub- sample (n = 150)	i1	150	2.47	1.47	2	1	8	1.00	0.70
	i2	150	2.26	1.29	2	1	7	1.12	1.08
	i3	150	2.01	1.16	2	1	6	1.01	0.26
	i4	150	1.33	0.69	1	1	5	2.48	6.96
	i5	150	1.56	1.11	1	1	6	1.96	2.87
	i6	150	1.32	0.72	1	1	5	2.81	9.10
	i7	150	1.68	1.03	1	1	8	2.26	8.59
	i8	150	1.42	0.77	1	1	5	2.19	5.46