This chapter outlines the concept of test anxiety and its impact on performance, manners in which to diagnose and provide accommodations for the disability, and many means by which to reduce the impact of test anxiety. Overall, it bears repeating that although the concept of test anxiety is relatively simple, understanding how it affects a given…

The proposed method has the advantage of being a rational procedure which reduces the larger set of variables'' down to a desired subset of predictor variables. The selected subset, then, can be coded for a full regression run if it contains multiple level category variables among those selected. (Author)

Scholarly growth in the study of politics of education rests in part on replication of theories to explicate recurring political events. Describes a study that sought to replicate and extend scholarly work done in California concerning the predictions of school board election results. (Author)

Previous experiments with grade school children, designed to raise their expectations for their own performance, were repeated with pupil subgroups formed according to race, sex, and age. Positive results were reproduced, and further analyses are presented to assess the effect of some status factors in the situation. (Author/JB)

A printout of the program and sample output will be provided by the authors upon request. (Authors/CB)

The author takes issue with a previously published capsule study on predictability of college success. (BY)

Evaluated were measures of mathematical ability of college freshmen for effectiveness of predicting performance in a televised pre-calculus course. A Two-stage sequential selection model is developed which yields gains in predictability over other models. (JG)

The personalbiserial index is a correlation which measures the relationship between the difficulty of the items in a test for the person, as evidenced by this passes and failures, and the difficulty of the items as evidenced by group-determined item difficulties. Reliability and predictive validity are studiesstudied. (Author/RF)

Examines (1) whether and when the development of preterm children of very low birth weight would begin to approximate that of demographically matched full-term children, and (2) whether test scores corrected for degree of prematurity or those based on chronological age would be the more accurate predictors of subsequent development. (RH)

Analyzes 12 surveys conducted over a 13-year period, showing that the decline in newspaper readership among young readers is similar to that for the rest of the population. (FL)

In comparing delinquent v nondelinquent response patterns, six psychological measures are drawn from different theories. The measures, reflecting selected socialization values, include the empathy scale, the socialization scale from the California Psychological Inventory, the Machiavellianism scale, the compassion-compulsion scale, the Andre…

The perfunctory use of factor scores in conjunction with regression analysis is inappropriate for many purposes. It is suggested that factoring methods are most suitable for independent variable sets when some consideration has been given to the nature of the domain, which is implied by the predictors. (Author/BW)

For idealized item configurations, equal item weights are often virtually as good for a particular predictive purpose as the item weights that are theoretically optimal. What has not been clear, however, is what happens to the similarity when the item configuration's variance structure is complex. (Author/CTM)

A sample of preschool children was used to assess the construct validity of each of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA). Clinical interpretation of the General Cognitive Index (GCI) may be warranted, but diagnostic use of the Memory or Motor Scales with preschool children should be avoided. (Author/GK)

Regression analysis shows that ratings for television movies can be explained both in terms of variables that accounted for the films' success in the theatrical marketplace and in terms of the pattern of scheduling by the networks. (GT)