This paper is concerned with the statistical issues of state rankings based on the state average Scholastic Assessment Test I (SAT I) scores and other relevant demographic and policy-related variables that are to be controlled. The purposes of the study were threefold. One purpose was to investigate the optimal transformation of a particular…

The current study is an examination of how support from siblings relates to academic competence in early adolescence, with a focus on the compensatory effects of sibling support. Participants were 694 African-American, European-American, and Hispanic-American students, ranging in age from 11 to 15. Participants were interviewed in school regarding…

The present study examined the influence of cultural background on the causes of adolescents loneliness. Eighty Canadian youth and 168 adolescents from the Czech Republic formed the participants pool. They answered and 30 item yes/no questionnaire. The questionnaire is composed of five subscales, namely: Personal inadequacies, Developmental…

This study evaluated the comparative stability and agreement of three approaches to calculating school effects given both student-level and school-level data. The approaches were hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), ordinary least squares (OLS), and weighted least squares (WLS). Analyses were conducted using data from the 1998 Maryland School…

This study examined the robustness of the "U.S. News and World Report" graduation rate performance indicator used in the magazine's college rankings. The graduation rate performance indicator is calculated as the difference between an institution's actual graduation rate and its predicted graduation rate, and is based on a linear…

This paper contains information concerning the following: 1. An overview of multivariate analysis of variance, and discriminant (DA) and canonical (CA) analyses. 2. An introduction to specification and measurement errors, and collinearity. 3. The sparsity of information concerning specification and measurement errors and collinearity as they…

(See also TM 501 087, TM 501 088, TM 501 090.)

(See also TM 501 087, TM 501 088, and TM 501 089.)

Tests the hypothesis that if five empirically determined variables (dogmatism, ambivalence, pupil control ideology, esprit, and thrust) are in one way or another manifestations of an individual teacher's own perceptions of authenticity, then they also have to be statistically linked to his own interpersonal orientation needs. (Author/WM)

Ambivalence, as assessed by the described modification of the semantic differential technique, was a predictor of predictability. (Author/CB)

The usefulness of certain psychological tests administered during infancy for the prediction of intelligence test performance during early childhood was the focus of this investigation. (Authors)

If one accepts the premise that the criterion measure (Musical Aptitude Profile) is a valid predictor of future musical success, then the Measures of Musical Abilities, based on these data, can be considered to possess a moderately high validity for the same purpose. (Author/CB)

The usual finding of superior recognition memory for rare items was observed. (Authors)

Results in this study suggest that it is possible to use performance on a moderator or predictability scale to select a subgroup for whom correspondence between two predictors and the criterion is much greater than that of a subgroup whose scores on the moderator indicate a lesser degree of correspondence. (Author/ES)