A survey of students in secondary schools in Russia shows that among young people both traditional and modern sets of attitudes and beliefs may be found, but that these differences do not necessarily translate into actions. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.)

Authors conclude that, in the world of real data sample correlation matrices, Guttman's stronger lower bound is not of practical use in determining the effective number of common factors. (Authors/CB)

In this methodological paper two indices are developed: a complexity index and an interpretation index. The complexity index is a positive number indicating on the average how many factors are used to explain each variable in a factor solution. The interpretation index will be positive ranging from zero to unity; unity representing a perfect…

Results of this study suggest that certain kinds of treatment differences may be better uncovered by viewing test data in a repeated measures format. (Author/MB)

An exact multivariate analysis for troublesome repeated measures designs has been described by Bock and programmed by Finn. The method is applied to digit span from an actual experiment involving first-grade pupils in an inner-city school and a suburban school in Canada. The repeated measures are first transformed by an orthogonal matrix derived…

A copy of the computer program, which determines the transformation matrix used to rotate the configuration, the dilation factor, and the translation vector, is available from the first author. (CB)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of a Factors Influencing Pursuit of Higher Education (FIPHE) Questionnaire which addresses factors influencing a person's decision to pursue higher education. Researchers used a literature-based, rational factors approach to develop the questionnaire; the three-part study included a…