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Murray, C. Kenneth – J Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Experience, Educational Planning, Factor Analysis
Download full textAustin, Bruce A. – 1982
A questionnaire was designed for a study assessing both the importance of 28 variables in movie attendance and the importance of movie-going as a leisure-time activity. Respondents were 130 ninth and twelfth grade students. The 28 variables were broadly organized into eight categories: movie production personnel, production elements, advertising,…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Factor Analysis, Films, High School Students
Williams, Trevor – 1981
Following several "quality of life" models and a model of schooling, researchers developed a "quality of school life" model with four dimensions, including general satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, and domains specific to education. The domains relate to students' personal experiences regarding particular school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Educational Environment, Factor Analysis
Pearson, Judy C. – 1980
A study was undertaken to determine the relationship between assertiveness and communication apprehension by examining common factors that exist between the items on the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule and the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension. The two instruments were administered to students at a large midwestern university. Responses…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems
Reckase, Mark D. – 1981
This report summarizes the research findings of a four year contract investigating the applicability of item response theory and tailored testing to criterion-referenced measurement. Six major areas were studied on the project: (1) techniques for forming unidimensional item sets; (2) techniques for calibrating items; (3) item parameter linking…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making
State Univ. of New York, Brooklyn. Downstate Medical Center. – 1978
The research objective of the study involving 240 low socioeconomic status mothers was validation of the prevailing multifactor theory of child abuse and neglect which states that maltreatment results from personality characteristics of parents, children "at risk" due to preexistent deviancy, and environmental stress. Ss were measured on 12…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
Benton, Camille L. – 1979
The semantic differential ratings of ten typefaces given by a group of 24 subjects were factor analyzed to discover what connotative meanings laypeople applied to typefaces and how these meanings compared with those of professional typographers. The typefaces, five from general categories and five from novelty categories of display typefaces, were…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Graphic Arts, Journalism, Layout (Publications)
Liechty, Thornton A. – 1979
One area of home-school-community relations research lies in the study of unique patterns of educational participation by community residents. This study was designed to investigate patterns of citizen participation in education. A questionnaire was developed and a random sample of 250 registered voters was selected from a county school district…
Descriptors: Activities, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Demography
Freeman, B. J.; And Others – 1978
Data on 36 autistic, 30 mentally retarded (MR), and 22 normal children (23-65 months old) was collected to develop a method of objective behavioral assessment for diagnosing autism and documenting symptom changes over time. Ss were observed and rated on the Behavior Observation Scale, an instrument which contains 67 objectively defined behaviors…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis
Broussard, E. Joseph – 1976
A study of 36 factors which could possibly limit the use of instructional television (ITV) in elementary schools consisted of an analysis of the responses to a questionnaire administered to 318 teachers who taught in kindergarten through grade six. Chi-square tests were computed for each factor in relationship to the average frequency of classroom…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classrooms, Educational Television, Elementary Education
Meyer, Roger A. – 1976
A new test of religiosity was developed, since it was felt that religiosity was more complex than could be explained by the two previously used factors: intrinsic and extrinsic. Committed religiosity was defined as those behaviors and attitudes which indicate total dedication to religious beliefs; that is, they provide a purpose in life and the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Factor Analysis, Rating Scales, Religious Differences
Haladyna, Tom – 1978
The lack of a suitable research instrument on attitudes of elementary school children toward school and subject matters has limited the quality and extent of research on school attitudes. The Affective Reporting System was conceived to fill this need. It consists of two instruments--ME and What I Like Best (WILB), each possessing two versions:…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Correlation, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis
Hedl, John J., Jr. – 1979
Kindergarten, first, second, third and fourth grade disadvantaged Black children were given the A-State and A-Trait scales of Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC). For the grades K-2 samples, the STAIC A-State scale was administered under two stress conditions: mathematics and communication achievement tests. The…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth
ECKERT, RUTH E.; STECKLEIN, JOHN E. – 1958
INFORMATION REGARDING A SELECTED GROUP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WAS GATHERED TO HELP DETERMINE THE DECISIONS WHICH INFLUENCED THEIR CAREER CHOICE. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS COMPLETED BY ABOUT 700 PERSONS, PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT FAMILY BACKGROUND, PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, PRESENT POSITION, AND REASONS FOR ENTERING COLLEGE TEACHING. ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THESE…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, College Instruction, Factor Analysis
COOLEY, WILLIAM W. – 1963
THE MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTING THE CHOICE OF SCIENCE AS A CAREER WERE EXAMINED FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH 4 YEARS BEYOND COLLEGE. DIMENSIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY AND OF ENVIRONMENT WERE INCLUDED AS STUDY ELEMENTS. THE EMPHASIS ON THE OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE PROCESS NECESSITATED A CONCENTRATION ON PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT, INCLUDING THE SUBFACTOR…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
