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Hindelang, Michael J. – Social Problems, 1979
National victimization survey data for 1972-76 are examined in order to investigate the extent to which they are in accord with Uniform Crime Report arrest data regarding the offender's sex. Results indicate that proportionate female involvement has been relatively stable except that larceny has shown a slight increase. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Crime, Criminals, Females, Males

Aletky, Patricia; Carlin, Albert S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Subjects were 80 undergraduates, randomly assigned to conditions by sex. The design included three variables: sex, placebo, and motivation. The present hypothesis-- that given the level of motivation appropriate for the subject's sex, males and females would not differ in effects of a placebo--found support in the data. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Expectation, Motivation, Research Design

Academe, 2000
A table presents corrections to the faculty compensation data reported in the 1999-2000 Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession published in the March-April issue of "Academe." Institutions are listed by state, with data provided for average salary, average compensation, percent of faculty tenured, and numbers and salaries of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Faculty, Higher Education, Sex Differences
Lohnes, Paul R. – 1966
Project data is organized to provide a valid, simplified description of American adolescents which should be of use to guidance personnel. A chapter on educational achievement traits presents an overview of the factor solution for the abilities domain, and describes the compositions of the three factors that represent core achievement traits:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Aptitude, Interests
Malone, John A.; And Others – 1993
This bulletin discusses the mathematics and science course enrollment trends of secondary students in Australia, which are of national concern because of the low participation rates overall and because of the gender imbalance in enrollment numbers. Statistics are reported for 12th-grade mathematics and science course enrollment, and expectations…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Mathematics Education
Gallaudet Coll., Washington, DC. Office of Demographic Studies. – 1970
Data contained in the report were collected by the Annual Survey of Hearing Impaired Children and Youth on 25,363 hearing impaired children enrolled in participating special education programs during the 1968-69 school year. Data describe the following characteristics of such children: additional handicapping conditions, age at onset of hearing…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Auditory Perception, Demography, Exceptional Child Research
Corbett, Jacqueline; Vereb, Thomas S. – 1974
This report presents information on juvenile court processing of youth in the U.S. during 1974. It is based on data gathered under the National Juvenile Court Statistical Reporting System. Findings can be summarized as follows: (1) 1,252,700 juvenile delinquency cases, excluding traffic offenses, were handled by courts in the U.S. in 1974; (2) the…
Descriptors: Children, Court Litigation, Delinquency, Justice

McIntire, Matilda S.; Angle, Carol R. – Pediatrics, 1971
Data on age and sex characteristics, intent and diagnosis of suicide, and toxicology are presented for 1,103 cases of poisoning (children ages 6-18 years) admitted to 50 poison control centers during 1 year. (KW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Emotional Disturbances
Vanneman, Alan – NAEP Facts, 1998
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) continuously monitors the knowledge, skills, and performance of the nation's children and youth in a variety of academic subjects. Data from the NAEP 1996 Long-Term Trend Science Assessment show mixed results since the first assessment. Scores for all three age groups fell and then rose. Both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Groups
Whalen, Maureen – 1978
The purpose of this document is to present statistics which show clearly that poverty is a women's issue. The position of poor women relative to the total population living below the Federal poverty line is demonstrated. Income levels are analyzed to reveal the percentages of women whose annual income is below $5,000. The relationship of income…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics, Females
de Wolf, Virginia A. – 1977
This is one in a series of technical reports presenting summary statistics derived from the University of Washington registrar's office quarterly scholarship lists. Two types of tables are included: first, for each class, the mean cumulative grade-point average, standard deviation, and number of students enrolled in autum, winter, and spring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic)

Biggs, Donald A.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1977
In a sample of 767 freshmen at the University of Minnesota, those with low principled morality scores compared to those with high scores had lower mean contemporary-cultural, artistic, literary, and academic-conceptual precollege experience score. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Individual Development

orum, Bente; Fridberg, Torben – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1973
Traces development of Danish secondary school during last one hundred years. Notes learning differences and educational achievements between boys and girls. (DS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational History, Educational Opportunities, Educational Research

Kirchner, Corrine; Peterson, Richard – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
The article gives data on the age, sex, income, geographic region, and ethnic composition of the visually disabled population of the United States (taken from the National Center for Health Statistics records for 1977). (PHR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Economic Factors, Geography

Fields, B. Celestine – Journal of Black Psychology, 1976
Forty-eight black men and women living and/or attending school in the St. Louis and Washington, D.C. areas responded to questionnaires concerning feelings, attitudes, emotions, etc. towards death and dying. It is concluded that blacks see death as a very significant happening; and that although in some areas blacks have become Americanized in…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Black Attitudes