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Haney, Russell; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
This study involved the determination of the relationship between each of 15 predictor variables (primarily reflecting cognitive abilities and study skills) and each of 13 criterion measures representing course grades and scores on the National League for Nursing Achievement Tests. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Blacks, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Mexican Americans
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Overall, John E.; Levin, Harvey S. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1978
Estimates were obtained of the effects of ethnic group, sex, education, and clinical diagnosis on WAIS IQ scores of psychiatric patients. Expected IQ scores for segments of the general population were calculated by adding or subtracting these effects from an expected IQ for a White high school graduate. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, Blacks, Expectancy Tables
Hoepfner, Ralph; Strickland, Guy P. – 1972
This study investigates the question of test bias to develop an index of the appropriateness of a test to a particular socioeconomic or racial-ethnic group. Bias is defined as an item by race interaction in an analysis-of-variance design. The sample of 172 third graders at two integrated schools in a large California school district, included 26…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Asian Americans, Blacks, Elementary Education
Price, David W.; Price, Dorothy Z. – 1982
Estimates were made of the effects of school lunch participation and various socioeconomic, anthropometric, and psychological variables on the consumption of 20 food items by 8- to 12-year-old children. The study sample consisted of 845 school children in the State of Washington, stratified by ethnic group and by poverty level so that it contained…
Descriptors: Blacks, Breakfast Programs, Cultural Influences, Eating Habits