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An Introductory Mixed-Methods Intersectionality Analysis of College Access and Equity: An Examination of First-Generation Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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Museus, Samuel D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2011
In this article, the author discusses how researchers can use mixed-methods approaches and intersectional analyses to understand college access among first-generation Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). First, he discusses the utility of mixed-methods approaches and intersectionality research in studying college access. Then, he…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Institutional Research, Pacific Islanders, Asian American Students
Reliability of Rating Scales across Studies of the BASC.
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Wilder, Lynn K.; Sudweeks, Richard R. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2003
This study describes and documents reliability reporting practices in dissertation studies that have used the "Behavior Assessment System for Children" (BASC). Only 9 of 106 studies examined reported reliability for subpopulations. The lack of reliability score estimates has implications for use of the BASC to identify culturally diverse…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Cultural Differences, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education
Conservatism of Israeli Children.
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Katz, Yaacov J. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1988
Summarizes a study using the Children's Scale of Social Attitudes to compare the factor structure of conservatism in seventh-grade Israeli children of Western ethnic origin with Israeli children from Eastern cultural backgrounds. Results indicated a marked similarity in factor structures reconfirming the universal nature of general conservatism…
Descriptors: Conservatism, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups
The Incomes of Recent Female Immigrants to the United States.
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Hughey, A. M. – Social Science Quarterly, 1990
Using 1980 census data, examines incomes of females entering the United States between 1970 and 1980 who represented diverse cultures from 59 countries. Determines that educational attainment and English proficiency reflect positively in higher incomes. Finds female immigrant incomes are inversely proportionate to male labor force participation.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
Structural Equation Models in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Model Building.
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Anderson, James G. – Child Development, 1987
Demonstrates how structural equation modeling can be used to translate a verbal theory into a mathematical model that can be estimated and tested, and from which inferences can be drawn. Data used was taken from a previous study of the effects of family socialization on the formation of achievement values and self-concept. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cultural Differences, Demography
Work Values of Jewish and Bedouin-Arab Youth in Israel.
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Isralowitz, Richard E. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1988
Reports a study, based on the father-child occupational linkage theory, that compares the work values of independence, management, and achievement of Jewish and Bedouin-Arab Israeli youth in order to determine if work values differ when the father's occupational status was controlled. Findings failed to support the occupational linkage theory. (LS)
Descriptors: Achievement, Administration, Adolescents, Arabs