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Response to Mathias and Nettelbeck on the Structure of Competence: Need for Theory-Based Methods to Test Theory-Based Questions.
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Greenspan, Stephen; McGrew, Kevin S. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
This paper responds to a 1992 study in which it was argued that the structure of intelligence in adults with severe mental retardation deviates from Greenspan's model, in which social and practical intelligence form separate factors. Application of confirmatory factor analysis to the original correlation matrix found the Greenspan model to be…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Data Interpretation, Factor Analysis
A Reply to Greenspan and McGrew's "Need for Theory-Based Methods to Test Theory-Based Questions."
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Mathias, J. L.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
This paper discusses inconsistencies in Greenspan and McGrew's argument that confirmatory, rather than exploratory, factor analysis should be utilized in testing Greenspan's model of adaptive intelligence in adults with severe mental retardation. It is argued that problems with the data set should be addressed through further research rather than…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Data Interpretation, Factor Analysis
The Communication Audit as a Library Management Tool.
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Cortez, Edwin M.; Bunge, Charles A. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Discusses the relationship between effective organizational communication and specific library contexts and reviews the historical development of communication audits as a means of studying communication effectiveness. The generic structure of such audits is described and two models are presented in detail, including techniques for gathering and…
Descriptors: Communication Audits, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Decision Support Systems
Skills and Strategies for Helping Students Become More Effective Information Users.
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Eisenberg, Michael B.; Spitzer, Kathleen L. – Catholic Library World, 1991
Addresses the implications for education of the expansion of information technology and proposes a model for teaching information skills within the context of an overall process. A model called the "Big Six Skills" is presented, and its application to information problems related to school, life, and work are explained. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy