A panel of counselors judged accounting-relevant categories on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. This grouping was found to differentiate accounting graduates and nongraduates. Possible relevant factors are considered. (Author)

In response to Ebel (TM 508 146) Gardner argues that neither intrinsic rational validity associated with ability tests nor a validity coefficient relating a test to performance as the sole information about validity is sufficient. All relevant data about a test and its functioning are essential in describing the validity of the test. (Author/LC)

Investigated the concurrent validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) subtests and three IQs compared to Wide Range Achievement Test standard scores, in 28 learning-disabled children. Analysis showed no significant correlations between WISC-R and WRAT scores, indicating a lack of concurrent validity on the WAIS-R. (WAS)

Describes the development of the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL), an instrument to measure beliefs potentially important as reasons for not committing suicide. Factor analyses indicated six primary reasons for living. The RFL was given to Seattle shoppers (N=197) and psychiatric inpatients (N=195) and differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal…

Administered a self-report scale of social propensity for identification of persons prone to adjustment difficulties in college to three successive freshmen classes before matriculation. Results showed significant relationships with a number of indices of social adjustment in college. Includes all items used on the Social Propensity Scale.…

Examined the effectiveness of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Revised) as a screening instrument for gifted children. Although the PPVT-R may be useful as a screening measure with a general population, it offered little incremental effectiveness as a screening measure with a restricted range of ability. (Author/JAC)

Eight formula-based estimates of population squared cross-validity and nine estimates of factor scores were compared with estimates from the conventional cross-validation procedure. Burket's and Rozeboom's formula-based estimates of population squared cross-validity in combination with a factor score method offer the most for practitioners…

A longitudinal evaluation of the utility of a screening battery administered in kindergarten is shown to retain a high utility for predicting current achievement outcomes of the sample at the end of grade six. The use of discriminant functional analysis and statistical decision theory is discussed. (Author/CM)

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised Full Scale IQ did not yield valid predictions of achievement of educable mentally handicapped students in a public school setting, as measured by the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT). (Author/CM)

Examines some of the methods of estimating occupational diseases and suggests that a consensus on the adequacy and reliability of estimates by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and others is not likely. (SK)

Studied the relationship between personality variables and alcohol abuse in college students. Results indicated that these personality variables were not strong predictors of alcohol abuse. However, subjects identified as being highly trait anxious or trait angry were more likely to abuse alcohol than subjects low on these variables. (Author)

The McCarthy Screening Test, the psychological screening test used in a Vancouver pilot project, was administered to 796 kindergarten children. Among findings was that the McCarthy can predict about two of every three students who will subsequently be referred or who will not meet grade expectations. (Author/SB)

Multiple regression equations were generated to predict cognitive achievement for 40 children (ages 57 to 68 months) one year after administration of a battery of six perceptual and perceptual-motor tests to determine if previous results from Toledo could be replicated. (Author)