This paper presents a promising new item bias detection technique that derives practical appeal from its simplicity and economy, and provides data relating to the method's consistency across samples. The proposed regression on item characteristics (RIC) method is a straightforward and inexpensive approach to the study of item bias, based on…

This exploratory study was designed to compare three groups within the teaching profession--women school administrators, women teachers matched with administrators on years of teaching experience and teacher education, and women teachers randomly selected--on variables which may be relevant to career decisions. (Editor)

The purpose of the study was to test the effectiveness of two related strategies for changing a measured disposition of intolerance toward cultural diversity to one of significantly less intolerance. (Editor)

A Computer program written in FORTRAN IV is presented which will create a population of desired size with marginally normal score vectors manifesting any desired centroid and covariance matrix. Uses and documentation are provided. (Author)

A class of closely related hierarchical grouping methods are discussed and a procedure which implements them in an integrated fashion is presented. These methods avoid some theoretical anomalies inherent in clustering and provide a framework for viewing partitioning and nonpartitioning grouping. Significant relationships between these methods and…

Many data analysis problems in psychology may be posed conveniently in terms which place the parameters to be estimated on one side of an equation and an expression in these parameters on the other side. A rule for improving the rate of convergence of the iterative solution of such equations is developed and applied to four problems. (Author/RC)

A Connecticut study of school absenteeism reported here provides pertinent data for consideration of a national conundrum. The author's suggestions for dealing with the problem are thought-provoking. (Editor)

Describes a procedure for periodically sampling varying analog signals and storing its digitized signal in the computer. (MLH)

Authors argued that equal status for women need not deprive us of the traditional feminine virtues and compared male and female traits as indicators of individual self concept. (Editor/RK)

The current study attempted to confirm that depresses students had negative recall of their parents' behavior. It also enlisted a different population and different measurement techniques and attempted to establish cross-cultural validation for the results. (Author/RK)

This paper tests a multivariate theory of family status, socialization, and student politics employing two different methodological techniques: (1) the popular path analysis method as compared with (2) a modified causal analysis approach. Results reveal that both techniques appear to be a reliable check on one another. (Editor/PG)

Responses to a questionnaire concerning experiences on their first teaching practice and their reactions to it were obtained for 218 Diploma of Education students at the University of Melbourne. (Editor)

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the guidelines used in the study to develop "good" problems for young children and to describe the nature of some problems so developed. (Author)