The "k"-means clustering method, while widely embraced in college student typology research, is often misunderstood and misapplied. Many researchers regard "k"-means as a near-universal solution for uncovering homogeneous student groups, believing its success hinges primarily on the selection of an appropriate "k."…

Relational personality theorists propose that women have a tendency to view themselves in the context of relationships with others and to make decisions to optimize and maintain relationships. The current study explored whether relational identity may underlie women's career interests as measured by Holland's typology and examined possible…

Inspection of findings from Denney and Ziobrowski (1972), in light of problems of analysis and method, seriously questioned the validity of their reported crossover interaction of clustering criteria with age. In addition, a replication of their experiment, correcting for methodological problems, revealed no interaction of clustering criteria with…

Two experiments explored the differential effects of two kinds of organization (taxonomic and schematic) on retrieval of information. (Author/PN)