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JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
3 Research results
As mentioned above, partial research results are presented in
both quantitative and qualitative terms in relation to the selected
items of the questionnaire used and the evaluation of the
hypotheses we have formulated. All relevant information
regarding number of respondents in particular year and form of
education are presented in our tables. University of the third age
students (altogether 45) were put into the same group, as their
affiliation to a particular year of study did not play an important
role in regard to our preferred indices. For clarity of preferences
in individual groups of associations and symbols, numerical data
are given together with the percentage of results in relation to the
total number of respondents (see table no. 1 and 2).
Table 1: Frequently used terms associated with the book
Frequently
used
terms
associated with
the book
1.
ye-
ar
Bc.
38
2.
ye-
ar
Bc.
16
3.
ye-
ar
Bc.
16
1.
ye-
ar
MA
8
2.
ye
-ar
MA
20
U
3
A
45
Alto-
ge
-ther
143
reading
19
9
13
3
10
31
85/
59%
story
14
7
9
4
9
6
49/
34%
study/learning
8
6
1
2
12
14
43/
30%
scholarship
/education/
schooling
10
2
4
3
5
10
34/
24%
time
(for ourselves,
free time, time
passing by)
9
3
6
0
6
7
31/
22%
wisdom
5
5
3
2
7
8
30/
21%
blue
(color of the
book cover)
7
6
1
0
0
12
26/
18%
font, text
3
4
1
6
7
5
26/
18%
knowledge
5
2
5
1
4
8
25/
17,5%
book cover
9
2
5
2
1
5
24/
17%
rest/relaxation
0
0
5
0
7
10
22/
15%
notebook, diary,
journal
2
2
2
0
4
8
18/
13%
text
1
4
1
3
5
4
18/
13%
library
7
2
3
0
3
2
17/
12%
plot
5
5
1
0
1
4
16/
11%
man
10
0
2
0
1
2
15/
10,5%
calmness
2
1
0
1
1
8
13/9%
literature,
belles-lettres
3
1
1
0
3
4
12/
8,5%
secrecy
1
1
2
2
2
4
12/
8,5%
paper
1
3
0
1
5
1
11/8%
words
6
1
1
1
2
0
11/8%
curiosity
1
1
0
1
1
6
10/7%
tension
2
2
1
0
1
3
9/6%
school
2
1
1
0
4
1
9/6%
cognition
0
0
0
0
4
5
9/6%
smell of an
old/new book
2
2
2
1
2
0
9/6%
ease
0
0
0
0
2
7
9/6%
war
1
2
2
2
1
1
9/6%
font
2
0
0
2
3
1
8/
5,6%
fun
0
0
2
0
1
5
8/
5,6%
saying „Don’t
judge the book
by its cover“
7
0
1
0
0
0
8/
5,6%
pleasure
1
2
0
1
0
4
8/
5,6%
sorrow
2
2
0
1
0
2
7/5%
desire
for knowledge
2
1
0
1
0
3
7/5%
thickness of the
book
2
0
0
0
0
4
6/4%
fairy tale
1
0
0
1
3
0
5/
3,5%
illustration
0
4
0
0
0
1
5/
3,5%
exam
1
0
0
0
2
2
5/
3,5%
silence
2
0
0
0
0
3
5/
3,5%
childhood
1
0
0
1
1
1
4/3%
adventure
2
0
1
0
0
1
4/3%
boredom
1
0
0
0
2
1
4/3%
cloud/clouds
2
2
0
0
0
0
4/3%
bomb/
bombardment
2
1
0
0
0
0
3/2%
death
0
2
1
0
0
0
3/2%
gift
1
0
0
0
0
1
2/
1,4%
helper
0
0
0
0
0
2
2/
1,4%
findings
1
0
0
1
0
0
2/
1,4%
friend
0
1
0
0
0
1
2/
1,4%
rain
1
1
0
0
0
0
2/
1,4%
depressive
graphics
1
0
0
1
0
0
2/
1,4%
stress
0
0
0
0
1
0
1/
0,7%
smell of coffee
0
0
0
0
0
1
1/
0,7%
page rustling
0
0
0
1
0
0
1/
0,7%
wood
0
0
0
1
0
0
1/
0,7%
March
1
0
0
0
0
0
1/
0,7%
textbook
0
0
0
0
0
1
1/
0,7%
advisor
0
0
0
0
0
1
1/
0,7%
Christmas
0
0
0
0
0
1
1/
0,7%
letterpress
0
0
0
0
0
1
1/
0,7%
invention
0
1
0
0
0
0
1/
0,7%
gloominess
0
1
0
0
0
0
1/
0,7%
Source: Own arrangements
The first hypothesis explored respondents´ competencies in the
area of critical (evaluative) thinking focused on identification of
common, general (standard, universal, objective) as well as
personal (subjective, individual) associations with the given
visual stimulus - open and closed book. Slovak version of the
book Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, published by Slovart, 2015,
Bratislava, book cover designed by Jozef Dobrík was used as
visual stimulus. Content of this satirical novel set during World
War II, the author of the book cover depicted adequately.
Considering that our aim was to use the book as such without
any contextual connotations, the book cover informing about the
author and the title was removed before photographing. Visual
of hardcover is identical with the book cover, omitting the
reference about the author and the title, and represents a wide
range of associations and denotations. Despite the fact that
Catch-22 is one of the most successful books of the present,
stated publication was neither recognized nor named among any
respondents.
Our first hypothesis was not confirmed by the research, on the
contrary, the results have brought a few interesting findings.
Although the respondents stated a wide spectrum of qualitative
subjective associations which can be classified partly as terms
related to cognitive process and partly as terms related to
emotional or rather affective component of our perception and
experience, frequency of some terms - associations in relation to
the total number of respondents was extremely low. The most
frequently occurring terms associated with the book were:
reading, story, study/learning, scholarship/education/schooling.
It is important to mention that not even the last group of these
associations did not reach the 25% percent of respondents' share
of the total number of respondents. All the other associations
regarding the total number of respondents reached even much
lower level. Terms related to cognitive component were:
wisdom, blue color (color of the book cover), knowledge, book
cover, notebook/diary/journal, library, plot, man,
literature/fiction, paper, school, cognition, war,
bomb/bombardment, phrase :”Don´t judge the book by its
cover”, fairy tale, exam, childhood, present, helper, findings,
friend, rain, wood, March, textbook, adviser, Christmas,
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