Assessed Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) interpretations within a college counseling center by evaluating classification rates and diagnostic accuracy of four actuarial and two one-point code systems. Only the one-point code systems classified a large percentage of the college student sample (N=412), diagnosed as neurotic,…

Presents a selective review of works in 1981 concerned with subject access to information sources, with specific discussions devoted to general and theoretical works, vocabulary management, classification schemes, subject headings, indexing, and automatic indexing and classification. A 110-item bibliography is included. (JL)

Provides an annotated listing of 23 selected subject cataloging tools to supplement the widely used Library of Congress Subject Headings, and to assist catalogers in developing related heading schemes by converting common synonyms into cross references to increase subject accessibility. (RAA)

An earlier study reported development of a reliable scale for categorizing the content of meaning in one's life. This study concentrated upon validation of the scale by investigating whether 112 undergraduates would tend to place their own meaning in the same content categories as would an outside rater. (Author/MP)

Demonstrates the relevance of the values ordering framework of Kluckhohn and Strodbeck to counseling theory and practice. Examines the commonalities in values for 12 counseling theories. Presents a method for quantifying the discrepancies between values orderings produced for different counseling orientations. (JAC)

The Megargee and Dorhout classificatory rules were applied to 181 MMPI profiles from inmates at a Level 4 Federal Correctional Institution. Fifty of these inmates were retested and reclassified. Only 14 of these 50 inmates retained their original type designation upon retesting. (Author)

In a Swedish sample of five autistic children (12 to 18 years old), deterioration or severe symptom aggravation at the onset of puberty that followed earlier improvement is described. It is suggested that autistic children with pubertal deterioration may constitute a meaningful subgroup of the syndrome. (Author/SB)

This review of Bloom's taxonomy complements and supplements an earlier review which concentrated on its statistical properties. It reviews unpublished studies and published literature over a 25-year period. The focus is on the claimed properties of neutrality, comprehensiveness, cumulative hierarchical structure, and usefulness. (Author/DWH)

The article delineates the training and competencies individuals should possess if they have primary responsibility for classification and placement decisions for the learning disabled. (Author)

An investigation of the feasibility of using a computer-assisted decentralized bibliographic control system to build a comprehensive, consistent national database for use in a national library network used the Northwestern On-line Total Integrated System to establish a center for African materials at Northwestern University. Eleven references are…

Cluster analysis, applied to Carroll's cognitive theory, indicates that the obtained clusters make intuitive sense and imply that taxonomy is possible. Moreover, some clusters are similar to those suggested by other theories, especially the theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence. (Author/CP)

Fisher's two-group discriminant function has been generalized in two different ways for the case of three or more groups, leading to confusion in the literature. The precise functional relation between the two functions is derived, and the interpretation of the two functions is discussed. An example is provided. (Author/CTM)

This paper considers some appropriate and inappropriate uses of coefficient kappa and alternative kappa-like statistics. Discussion is restricted to the descriptive characteristics of these statistics for measuring agreement with categorical data in studies of reliability and validity. (Author)

Examines the characteristics of subject headings found in OCLC cataloging records. The study analyzed a sample of 33,455 monographic records taken from the OCLC database, and found that 94 percent of the subject headings used were Library of Congress subject headings. Twenty-seven references are cited. (Author/FM)

Male entrepreneurs were administered Holland's vocational preference inventory. Respondents were classified as either craft entrepreneurs or opportunistic entrepreneurs, and the characteristics of the two groups were compared. Results indicated that the craft entrepreneurs had a Holland occupational code of ERA. Opportunistic entrepreneurs had a…