Study asses the validity of the Inventory of Religious Activities and Interests (IRAI) for predicting for theological school students three sets of interest measures that reflect aspects of training in theological school. (Author)

In this study a test of vocational choice was developed and field tested for construct validity. (Authors)

The Science Support Scale is not an appropriate instrument for measuring attitudinal changes in high school biology students. Factor analysis indicates that student interpretation of the items does not correspond to the theoretical subtest structure of the scale. (AL)

Six measures of children's verbal skills were found to have internal consistency, and interjudge and test-retest reliability. (MH)

Reanalysis by author, using an enlarged sample, of his report, A factor analytic study of communication skills and nonverbal abilities of deaf rehabilitation clients, Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1971, 6, 485-501. (CB)

Results of comparing CAAS with other attitude scales suggests that CAAS may be valid for assessing affective attitudes. Statistical data tables included. (Author)

Factor analytic convergence of Wiggin's MMPI content scales and the author's unpublished Differential Personality Inventory (DPI) were studied. A varimax rotation yielded seven dimensions: health problems; interpersonal conflict; impulse expression vs. religiosity; denial; depressed withdrawal; cognitive dysfunction; and familial problems. Results…

Melges et al. (1971) presented evidence that a client's sense of self-worth is highly correlated with his degree of optimism about his personal future. Here the cross-lagged panel correlation (CLPC) technique was used to test their hypothesis that changes in personal future outlook lead to changes in self-esteem. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of the present study was to determine to what extent the results of Smith's test can be generalized to other essay rating situations. The test measured teachers' attitudes about the characteristics of good writing. (Author/RK)

A random sample of 225 grade one children were given the Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test (CCAT) on two occasions within seven months. During the second administration the WISC was also administered. KR-20 reliabilities of the CCAT for the two administrations were respectively .83 and .74. The test-retest reliability was .75. The correlation…

The Dynamic Personality Inventory purports to measure the tendencies, sublimations, reaction-formations, and defence mechanisms associated with the various patterns of psychosexual development and contains 33 scales, constructed from factor analyses of inter-item correlations, of high reliability. This study attempts to determine its validity,…

Describes development of a situation-specific trait-state test for affective responses. Form One contains 20 situations to which subjects described responses on 16 scales for each situation. Study Two assessed reliability of these scales, sex differences, and trait-state relationships. Five validity studies are described. (Author)