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PDF pending restorationReynolds, Cecil R.; Gutkin, Terry B. – 1980
Predictive validity of the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), was investigated with 174 Chicanos and 94 Anglos, ages 10-11, who were referred for psychological services. Wide Range Achievement Test Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic subtest scores were each regressed on WISC-R Verbal, Performance and Full Scale Intelligence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Anglo Americans, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textTeske, Raymond, Jr.; Nelson, Bardin H. – 1973
The development of a scale for measuring the interaction of Mexican Americans with Anglos (Anglo Interaction Index) was discussed. The scale was part of a larger investigation on status mobility among middle-class Mexican Americans in Texas. Data was collected in Waco (selected for pretesting), Austin, McAllen, and Lubbock. These communities were…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Correlation, Identification (Psychology), Interaction Process Analysis
Goldman, Roy D.; Richards, Regina – 1972
The predictive validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for Mexican-Americans is investigated. Forty-two Mexican-American freshmen students who entered the University of California, Riverside, in the Fall 1971 participated in the study. Analyses of variance concerning ethnic groups on GPA (grade point average) and SAT verbal (SATV) and math…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Bilingual Students, College Admission, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedFields, A. Barrett – Adolescence, 1981
Examined the influence of ethnic status, parent values, and parent perceptions and aspirations regarding their children's chances for future occupational opportunity. Specific attention was paid to the influence which Black and Mexican American mothers' perceptions have on children's aspirations. A causal model is analyzed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Children, Ethnic Groups
An Investigation of Ethnic Group Differences in Testwiseness at the Third, Fifth, and Seventh Grade.
Powers, Stephen; Sabers, Darrell – 1981
A test measuring testwiseness was administered to 811 pupils in grades 3, 5, and 7 in the Tucson Unified School District. The pupils represented four ethnic groups: American Indian, Anglo, Black, and Hispanic. By controlling for reading ability using scores on a standardized reading test, the California Achievement Tests (CAT) or Comprehensive…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Elementary Education
Merz, William R. – 1976
A number of methods have been used to identify potentially biased items within a test. These methods examine one item at a time and do not deal with the complex interrelationships among items or among items and the potentially biasing elements. The use of multivariate procedures to assess whether or not items are biased and to obtain clues about…
Descriptors: American Indians, Analysis of Variance, Anglo Americans, Blacks
