Examined test protocols of 64 male inpatient alcoholics to determine whether a general measure of mental health was related to inventories that assess psychopathology beyond what one could expect by subjects responding in a socially desirable manner. Results demonstrated the spuriousness of partial correlations in controlling for social…

Sixty learning disabled students, aged 12 to 24, were assigned to experimental and control conditions, with experimentals experiencing discussions (e.g., obstacles to academic success) led by teachers trained in reality therapy. Among results of multivariate analysis are that experimentals attained higher academic aspirations and lower anxiety…

This support document accompanies the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) report "From School to Work: The Role of Traineeships" (ED493902). It contains a comprehensive review of the literature referred to in that report and detailed descriptions and results of the econometric modeling upon which the findings are…

Provides an overview of a longitudinal, prospective, multivariate adoption study of behavioral development and discusses the results of analyses of cognitive measures and environmental assessments as examples of the types of information that can emerge from a design of this sort. (Author/RH)

Through statistical analysis the brief attempts to add to discussion of complex issues involved in the closing by the federal/state/vocational rehabilitation system of over 31,000 cases of persons with legal blindness and other visual impairments during 1980. (MC)

Monte Carlo results were used to evaluate procedures for discriminating between groups. A multiple testing version of Hotelling's T-squared and the Bonferroni procedure were most powerful for detecting at least one true difference, depending on conditions examined. A multiple Bonferroni procedure was superior in power for detecting all true…

The canonical correlations and canonical loadings indicated the existence of a single dominant factor between the primary and middle grade data. This factor was interpreted as general scholastic ability. (Author)

Analyses of General Educational Development (GED) ratings of U.S. jobs illustrate the estimation of components of variance and covariance, univariate nd multivariate generalizability coefficients, and canonical coefficients. GED scales, ranging from one to six points, measure reasoning, mathematics, and language abilities needed to perform various…

With the development of refined theory and increased measurement sophistication in family research, multidimensional concepts and multiple indicators are appearing in the literature. This paper provides a nonmathematical introduction to canonical correlation analysis and three empirical examples that demonstrate the technique's applicability in…

Presents a study that utilized a new measure of response inhibition and attention with a sample of boys (n=50) diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a control group of age-matched boys (n=50). Reveals that the ADHD boys performed more poorly than the control boys. Includes references. (CMK)

Addresses the question of whether use of student samples jeopardizes the validity of research. Examines the distinction between univariate and multivariate relationships in a study of identification with Diana, Princess of Wales. Shows that although the estimates of univariate values differed across three samples, the multivariate relationships…

Focuses on the importance of teaching graduate students more about research. Discusses the content of a counseling psychology research seminar in which the students read articles from the "Journal of Counseling Psychology." Included readings on research design and methodology and multivariate statistical procedures. (CMK)

Relationships among individual- and group-directed measures of leader behavior descriptions and five variables were examined using 54 law enforcement agency personnel associated with a large public university. Data on a questionnaire completed by participants during an interview were studied. Explicit consideration was given to multiple levels of…

The link between learning style and Jungian psychological type was assessed using 492 ninth graders attending a metropolitan high school. Various learning style inventories were administered. Canonical correlation procedures indicated the presence of 2 bipolar learning preferences characterized by a reflective learner/active learner…

Canonical analysis of two convex polyhedral cones involves looking for two vectors whose square cosine is a maximum. New results about the properties of the optimal solution to this problem are presented. The convergence of an alternating least squares algorithm and properties of limits of calculated sequences are discussed. (SLD)