The author examined the prevalence of multiple operational definitions of outcome constructs and an estimate of the incidence of Type I error rates when univariate procedures were applied to multiple variables in educational psychology. Multiple operational definitions of constructs were advocated and wider use of multivariate analysis was…

For the past decade in Connecticut, public school students have been tested in the fall of grades 4, 6, and 8, and results have been attributed to the school in which students are tested. Some Connecticut elementary schools end at grade 5 (Type I) and some continue to grade 6 or 8 (Type II). Grade 6 results are reported for Type II schools but not…

Administrators at two-year college and secondary area vocational centers accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools were surveyed regarding their institutions' actual and ideal involvement in 29 economic development activities. Usable data were collected from 345 administrators, and data from 75 respondents were further…

This paper reviews trends in assessment in quantitative courses and illustrates several options and approaches to assessment for advanced courses at the graduate level, especially in multivariate analysis. The paper provides a summary of how a researcher has used alternatives to traditional methods of assessment in a course on multivariate…

The application of multi-variable procedures to the concept of professorial seniority is illustrated. Using employee data, a seniority factor was constructed and computed and compared to seniority scores for selected individuals. The model and its uses (e.g., in financial exigencies) are discussed. (MLW)

Effects of nutritional supplementation on physical development of malnourished children was analyzed by univariate and multivariate methods for the analysis of repeated measures. Results showed that the nutritional treatment was successful, but it was necessary to resort to the multivariate approach. (Author/GK)

A time-saving and space-saving algorithm is presented for computing the sums of squares and estimated cell means under the additive model in a two-way analysis of variance or covariance with unequal numbers of observations in the cells. The procedure is illustrated. (Author/JKS)

Transcripts analyzed by computer programs reveal that when individuals shift from truthfulness to deception, there are corresponding shifts in lexical diversity, such as fewer words, decrease in the number of unique words used, fewer past tense verbs, and a decrease in the perceptual-cognitive activity. (PD)

Authors reanalyze the data of the High School and Beyond research study and question its conclusions that private schools produce greater cognitive outcomes and are more racially desegregated than public schools. (EF)

A confirmatory, longitudinal design was used to determine whether deviant adolescent peer culture influences subsequent drug use beyond that which may be obtained from knowledge of present drug use and perceived sources of supply and support. Peer culture measures did not increase prediction over a one year period. (Author/JKS)

Factor analysis of coping behavior in adolescents in Frankfurt, Germany, and Tel Aviv yielded similar structures, but Israelis demonstrated a marked preference for internal coping strategies as opposed to coping by means of social resources. Discusses the impact of environmental and historical conditions. (DM)

A canonical analysis disclosed significant relationships between personality traits and value choice among 334 upper-level undergraduate and graduate students at a midwestern state university. These relationships were interpreted in terms of their usefulness in understanding human behavior. (Author/TE)

Multi-group discriminant analysis was used to identify the pre-enrollment demographic and academic factors that best separate the success classes in the first-year examinations of science students at the University of Benin. The predictor of success was performance in specialist subjects of the matriculation examination. (Author/MLW)

Study of 843 children under 36 months of age enrolled in a prepaid health plan from September 1985 through March 1986 revealed an increased incidence of illness in children attending day care centers, but not day care homes. The number of other children in the room is the major risk factor in a child care setting. (BJV)

The paper reviews a construct validation framework for research on the selection and evaluation of residents. The application of the proposed methodology to surgery residents is described. The need to measure non-cognitive and neuropsychological factors in addition to cognitive knowledge and technical ability is emphasized. (Author/MLW)