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Peer reviewedDas, J. P.; Kirby, John R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Humphreys' comments on double-median splits (TM 504 009) are essentially correct, but are not relevant to the original Kirby and Das article (EJ 182 444). His comments do not weaken our findings. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Data Analysis, Individual Differences, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedHumphreys, Lloyd G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Kirby and Das (EJ 182 444) dichotomized measures of individual differences and treated them as independent variables in an analysis of variance. Correlational analysis would have provided more powerful tests of their hypotheses. Interpretation of the dichotomized variables as independent, causal antecedents of their measures of intelligence would…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Data Analysis, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedCrockenberg, Susan B. – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Reviews and critiques research that has assessed the effect of infant temperament on caregiver behaviors and concludes that the relationship between temperament and caregiving behavior has not been adequately tested. Offers conceptual and methodological guidelines for future research. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Individual Differences, Infants
MacLean, Margaret – 1980
A review of research on "incomplete text," which refers to a variety of adaptations of cloze procedures, illustrates how construct validity has been considered and will need to be considered in future research on the subject. Much of the early research on incomplete text focused on product--providing quantitative assessments of…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Discourse Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
