Fig 1.
Examples of ordered and disordered thresholds for two items from the original Aesthetic Fluency Scale.
The top panel (“Impressionism”) shows ordered category thresholds; the bottom panel (“Mary Cassatt”) shows disordered thresholds typical of items for the original scale.
Fig 2.
Parallel analysis scree plot for the 36 items.
The dashed line denotes an eigenvalue of 1. For clarity, only the first 8 factors are shown.
Fig 3.
IRT difficulty and discrimination values for the 36 items.
The left panel shows the values for the IRT difficulty parameter; the right panel shows the values for the IRT discrimination parameter.
Table 1.
Revised Aesthetic Fluency Scale: Items and statistics.
Fig 4.
The dashed line denotes the peak at 1.30.
Fig 5.
Distribution of average and IRT-based aesthetic fluency scores.
The left panel shows the average of the scale’s items; the right panel shows the trait score estimated from the IRT model.
Fig 6.
Distribution of average aesthetic fluency scores for women and men.
Fig 7.
Differences in average aesthetic fluency scores based on art background and engagement.
Fig 8.
Pearson correlations for the revised Aesthetic Fluency Scale with big 5 traits and AReA subscales.
The dots represent the Pearson r correlation value; the bars represent the 95% confidence interval around r.
Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and correlations: Study 2.
Fig 9.
Distribution of average scores for the short form and full scale.
The left panel shows the 10-item short form scores; the right panel shows the 36-item full scale scores.
Fig 10.
Pearson correlations for the short form and full scale.
The dots represent the Pearson r correlation value; the bars represent the 95% confidence interval around r. The 10-item short form is illustrated in grey; the 26-item long form is illustrated in blue.