In October, 1972, the National Environmental Health Association polled its membership to determine where and how they were employed, their educational background, salary range, and areas of environmental responsibility. Results of the survey, with statistical data, are reported. (BL)

A longitudinal survey comparing 3- and 4-year program nursing students in respect to interests and personality, aptitude and achievement, and personal background. Nurses in the two groups were similar in most respects but the 3-year students lacked goal-orientation and economic means to participate in the longer program. (BC)

An analysis of 776 cases of anencephaly and spina bifida, born to Jewish mothers in Israel between 1956 and 1968, is presented. (Author)

Formulae and graphs are presented allowing computation of the variances of three prototypical distributions over a finite number of categories. The uses of the variances of the maximum variance distribution, the uniform distribution and a unimodal triangular distribution to make inferences about distribution shapes are shown in several examples.…

Sternberg (1981) presented correlations based on independent samples of about 25 cases each with a statistical comparison in a population parameter of zero and interpreted his results as if with appropriate tests. He needed to use a nonzero population parameter and compare for the difference between the z transformations. (Author/CM)

Sternberg's reply to paper Humphrey criticizes (see TM 507 045) includes: (1) invited position paper and detailed statistical testing would have been inappropriate; (2) Humphrey commits some of "misdeeds" of which he accuses Sternberg; (3) number of cases in the three nonentrenchment experiments are more than adequate for drawing conclusions; and…

Estimates of age and income discrimination against Mexican Americans and Blacks in Texas were calculated for 1960 and 1970. During that decade, younger age groups experienced more discrimination than older age groups and Blacks experienced more discrimination than Mexican Americans, but discrimination against Blacks declined while discrimination…

The jobless rates of participants in the federal food stamps program and in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program greatly exceeded national averages in 1976; the majority of recipients were outside of the labor force. (BM)

Reports the results of a study that analyzed citations from 140 journals and 148 monographs in social science fields. Data presented in the article's 10 tables include date distributions, forms of material cited, subject distributions, countries of publication cited, and rank order of journals cited. (JD)

Though hidden from view by being considered "non-existent", the meager evidence indicates that Hispanics have an unusually high arrest and incarceration rate. Hispanic background is rarely asked on the six major sources of criminal justice statistics--statistics of arrests, courts, prisoners, juvenile delinquency, crime victimization, and public…

Several advantages to the use of different kinds of factor scores as independent variables in a multiple regression equation are reported. A computer program is presented which will calculate a regression equation using a variety of factor scores. (Author/JKS)