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ARTICLE USES DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS TO ASSESS SEX & PARTY DIFFERENCES ACROSS 4 ASPECTS OF PARTY ORGANIZATION. RESULTS ILLUSTRATE THAT GENDER ROLES OPERATE MOST DISTINCTLY IN THE AREAS OF ELECTORAL AMBITION & PARTY ACTIVITIES. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAT PARTY ACTIVISTS' GENDER-RELATED BEHAVIOR CAN BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD BY DISCOVERING HOW THE CONTEXT OF PARTY ORG. EITHER MODIFIES OR REINFORCES SUCH BEHAVIOR.

This article uses discriminant analysis to assess sex and party differences across four aspects of party organization: incentives for participation, party role definitions, party activities and electoral ambition. The results illustrate that gender roles operate most distinctly in the two areas of electoral ambition and party activities. Party context is more important than sex in terms of the other two areas, party role definitions and incentives for participation. The authors conclude that party activists' gender-related behavior can be better understood by discovering how the context of party organization either modifies or reinforces such behavior.

The relationship between two types of question format & racial or gender stereotypes was examined using a probability sample of 381 adult Tallahassee, Fla, residents. One type of format used agree-disagree responses & questions asked only about blacks or women. In the second format, women were compared with men & blacks with whites on the same stereotypes used in the first format. More negative portrayals of blacks & women occurred using the comparative stereotype format, & differences between formats were statistically significant (p<.001) on all 8 stereotype questions. In addition, over 50% of the rs between racial or gender stereotypes & other variables (eg, R's age or education) differed significantly by format. Implications of these results for survey methodology & for the theoretical concept of "stereotype" are discussed. 4 Tables. AA.