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Direct linkWatson, Tara; McLanahan, Sara – Journal of Human Resources, 2011
This paper investigates the effect of relative income on marriage. Accounting flexibly for absolute income, the ratio between a man's income and a local reference group median is a strong predictor of marital status, but only for low-income men. Relative income affects marriage even among those living with a partner. A 10 percent higher reference…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Marriage, Role, Income
Are You Satisfied? PhD Education and Faculty Taste for Prestige: Limits of the Prestige Value System
Morrison, Emory; Rudd, Elizabeth; Picciano, Joseph; Nerad, Maresi – Research in Higher Education, 2011
This paper empirically evaluates Caplow and McGee's (The academic marketplace, 1958) model of academia as a prestige value system (PVS) by testing several hypotheses about the relationship between prestige of faculty appointment and job satisfaction. Using logistic regression models to predict satisfaction with several job domains in a sample of…
Descriptors: Reference Groups, Job Satisfaction, Reputation, Social Sciences
Schlomske, Nadine; Pirnay-Dummer, Pablo – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
The following empirical study examines the acquisition of expertise. The model structures in the domain of empirical methodologies were examined in a time period of two semesters. At each measurement point (N = 5), the model structures of the reference groups were compared with those of the group of learners. The group of learners consisted of (N…
Descriptors: Reference Groups, Research Methodology, Expertise, Models
Peer reviewedFeinstein, Zachary S. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1995
The closed-interval signed area (CSA) and closed-interval unsigned area (CUA) statistics were studied by Monte Carlo simulation to detect differential item functioning (DIF) when the reference and focal groups had different parameter distributions. Different behaviors of the CSA and CUA as functions of the parameters are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Item Bias, Item Response Theory, Models
Miville, Marie L.; Constantine, Madonna G.; Baysden, Matthew F.; So-Lloyd, Gloria – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
The current study explored essential themes of racial identity development among 10 self-identified multiracial adults from a variety of racial backgrounds. Participants were interviewed using a semistructured protocol, and the interviews were recorded, transcribed, and then coded for themes by research team members. Four primary themes were…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Reference Groups, Racial Identification, Case Studies
Peer reviewedSmith, Richard M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1994
Simulated data are used to assess the appropriateness of using separate calibration and between-fit approaches to detecting item bias in the Rasch rating scale model. Results indicate that Type I error rates for the null distribution hold even when there are different ability levels for reference and focal groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Goodness of Fit, Identification, Item Bias
