Examines the relationship between class rank and intelligence skills for a group of 75 physically handicapped students mainstreamed into two regular vocational-technical high school programs. (Author/CM)

Examines election night reporting, particularly by television networks, and assesses the impact of broadcasting on the process of reporting the vote. Areas analyzed are facilities and equipment; personnel; program format and structure; new innovations and changes; and ratings, criticism, and audience. (JMF)

Males showed greater self-esteem and predicted higher scores for themselves than females. No sex difference in actual performance was found. Homemakers predicted higher performance for themselves on the verbal test. Females' self-esteem was not related to their husbands' attitudes toward women. (Author)

Managerial receptivity to new policy, perceived emphasis by top level management, organizational size, work overload, perceptions of the importance of performance for promotion, and the manager's attitude toward change were important predictors for successful implementation. (Author)

Examines how rational expectation models can help describe and predict trends within an economy and explains research needs within the discipline of economics which will enable economists to make more valid predictions. (DB)

In this study the level of depression and the rate of assertive behavior were significantly correlated in a negative direction. The depression level did not reliably predict assertive behavior. (Author/BEF)

Describes the Florida Division of Vocational Education planning team that has been formed to plan for the future of vocational education in Florida. Reviews trends that will affect vocational education in the coming years. (LRA)

Explores the central assumption of the cloze procedure, which is that context can be used inferentially to predict deleted words. (MKM)

The necessity for inferring and predicting in everyday life is discussed. Eight activities, ranging from sixth- to twelfth-grade levels, are suggested. (MK)

Explains how people arrive at personal hazard assessments. Explores why people overestimate some hazards and underestimate others. Examines risk ratings for activities and technologies such as nuclear power, motor vehicles, pesticides, and vaccinations. (MA)

Discusses the postage rate increases in recent years and notes that if the trend continues the rate will reach three dollars an ounce by the year 2017. (GA)

Measures United States economic activity and what it means for the future of the consumer and the businessman. (RK)

The incremental validity of factor scores from the Wechlser Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) in predicting scores on the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT) was studied in 283 nonreferred children and 636 referred for evaluation. The Full Scale IQ of the WISC-III was the best predictor of WIAT achievement. (SLD)

Analyzes advantages and disadvantages of methods of selecting sample sizes in multiple regression. Discusses importance of cross-validity to prediction studies. Describes categories of sample size selection methods: cross-validation approaches, rules of thumb, and statistical power methods. Uses multiple examples to present the precision power…