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assigned 71% of those who would consider/accept the invitation (a highly significant
discrimination, p .0001 Wilkes‘ Lambda =.781).
Table 5A
Discriminant Function Analysis Of 15 Variables That Predict Students‘ Attitudes Toward
Rejecting Or Accepting Future ―Recruitment Invitations.‖
Dependent Variable: Predicted Group Membership
If Invite Wilkes‟ Actual No. of
Selection Criteria: Lambda Group Cases* Grp 1 Grp 2
--Heard of Cult and
--Have Been Approached
1 Prototypical member 0.932364
2 Recruiter Impact
Positive Features 0.892067 Group 1
3 Negative Group
Purposes 0.877483 Students Who
Would “Reject” 221 163 58
4 Contact Locations The Invitation 73.8% 26.2%
Recruiter‟s Private (Accurate)
Channels 0.859283
5 Spiritual Vocabulary 0.847480
6 Target Group Size:
Large Group of My
Friends 0.836838
7 Recruiter Character-
istics: Older,
Opposite Sex 0.827650 Group 2
8 Positive Group 0.819732 Students Who
Purpose Would “Consider/
Accept” the Invitation 153 45 108
29.2% 70.6%
(Accurate)
9 Recruiter Impact:
Negative Features 0.8120110
10 Contact Location
Students‟ Private
Channels 0.805115
11 Cult Descriptors 0.800495
12 Cult Identification
Accuracy 0.796027 Ungrouped Cases 11 4 7
36.4% 63.6%
13 Familiar with
Cult and
Non-Cult Groups 0.789291
14 Target Group:
assigned 71% of those who would consider/accept the invitation (a highly significant
discrimination, p .0001 Wilkes‘ Lambda =.781).
Table 5A
Discriminant Function Analysis Of 15 Variables That Predict Students‘ Attitudes Toward
Rejecting Or Accepting Future ―Recruitment Invitations.‖
Dependent Variable: Predicted Group Membership
If Invite Wilkes‟ Actual No. of
Selection Criteria: Lambda Group Cases* Grp 1 Grp 2
--Heard of Cult and
--Have Been Approached
1 Prototypical member 0.932364
2 Recruiter Impact
Positive Features 0.892067 Group 1
3 Negative Group
Purposes 0.877483 Students Who
Would “Reject” 221 163 58
4 Contact Locations The Invitation 73.8% 26.2%
Recruiter‟s Private (Accurate)
Channels 0.859283
5 Spiritual Vocabulary 0.847480
6 Target Group Size:
Large Group of My
Friends 0.836838
7 Recruiter Character-
istics: Older,
Opposite Sex 0.827650 Group 2
8 Positive Group 0.819732 Students Who
Purpose Would “Consider/
Accept” the Invitation 153 45 108
29.2% 70.6%
(Accurate)
9 Recruiter Impact:
Negative Features 0.8120110
10 Contact Location
Students‟ Private
Channels 0.805115
11 Cult Descriptors 0.800495
12 Cult Identification
Accuracy 0.796027 Ungrouped Cases 11 4 7
36.4% 63.6%
13 Familiar with
Cult and
Non-Cult Groups 0.789291
14 Target Group:
