Compared two methods of identifying item hierarchies in the evaluation of attitude measures. Scalogram analysis revealed that items did not form a unidimensional and cumulative hierarchy. Ordering-theoretic analysis identified a branched, nonlinear hierarchy which had higher reproducibility and scalability than the linear hierarchy identified by…

Tremendous discrepancies between student and parent perceptions of the environment suggest that even though parents may have a reporter on the scene," their perceptions are still not congruent with those of students. (Author)