Factor scale scores are sometimes used as weights to create composite variables representing the variables included in a factor analysis. If these composite variables are then used to predict some dependent variable, serious theoretical and methodological problems arise. This paper explores these problems and suggests strategies for circumventing…

Scores from the Comrey Personality Scales were related to scores from the Personal Orientation Dimension for a sample of alcoholic inpatients. Results supported the findings of an earlier study and helped to clarify the construct validity of the instruments. (Author/JKS)

The determination of a consensus ranking of products based on the rankings of each judge can be accomplished through the use of a Tukey type multiple comparison procedure. The extension to more than two groups is presented as an analysis of concordance table. (Author/CTM)

Discusses problems arising in the service delivery systems of county Departments of Social Services.

The results of a conference on Innovative Teaching Methods in Introductory College Mathematics are summarized and several survey papers are reviewed. (MP)

Analyzes a selection of papers centered around the idea that it is possible to consider the evidence of language variation in linguistic analysis. The papers were presented at the 1972 colloquium on "New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English," Georgetown University. (AM)

Discusses the highlights of a conference "Data Regulation: European and Third World Realities," during which the merits and demerits of "transborder data flow" regulations were debated with officials from nations that have recently passed or are considering legislation related to privacy and data protection. (CWM)

Surveys the state of commerical development of analytical instrumentation as reflected by the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Includes optical spectroscopy, liquid chromatography, magnetic spectrometers, and x-ray. (Author/MA)

Discusses a report of 12 of the nation's leading environmental groups which identifies nine environmental problem areas and proposes 75 specific actions for approaching present and foreseeable problems. (MLH)

Having students write report-type critical appraisals of completed business research work is suggested as a valuable tool in giving beginning or advanced business students practical business information and experience. A critique outline is included. (TA)

Reviews linguistic structures in the annual reports of a machine tool manufacturer. Concludes that, as profits decreased and the news became more negative, linguistic structures (including verb structures, thematic structures, context and cohesion, and condensations) suggested a factual, "objective" situation caused by circumstances not…

A Colorado elementary school developed a user-friendly, performance-based report card with the help of students, parents, and staff and adapted it to a spreadsheet. The school sent an explanatory brochure and a detailed survey to solicit parents' response. Fully 65% of parents found the new format to be as useful or better than the old format.…

Presents and interprets data concerning United States library referenda held in fiscal year 1995. Out of 45 capital fund elections, 39 (87%) were successful; and 52 out of 70 (74%) operating fund referenda passed. The article and six tables provide information on voting totals, funding levels, election specifications, and ballot competition. Nine…

Five published leukemia studies have been retracted by the director of the Human Genome Project because they were based on falsified data from a graduate student, although some of the conclusions are still supported. Inconsistencies were discovered by a peer reviewer and were also found in the student's other work. (MSE)