A semantic differential measure of the attributions of the term feminist was developed and administered to 768 college students. Principal components analysis resulted in five factors: general evaluation, behavioral characteristics, political orientation, sexual preference, and gender classification. Internal replication and stability of the…

Two hundred child care program directors were surveyed as to their most pressing administrative concerns. The primary problem areas targeted by most administrators involved (1) evaluating personal effectiveness; (2) developing a center's philosophy; (3) evaluating the effectiveness of the center for the child; and (4) establishing effective…

Latent class modeling procedures were used in exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the prerequisite relations among five types of text-based inference question tasks for good and poor sixth-grade readers. All tasks types provided separate manifestations of the same underlying attribute for both good and poor readers. (Author/BS)

In 1982, the College Board published a statistical report that included tables profiling the differences among racial and ethnic segments of test takers. The data behind those tables are explored and a fuller explanation of the differences in SAT scores is presented. (Author/MLW)

Determined the factor structure of tasks which require students to visualize how diagrams should be drawn to represent effects of rotating three-dimensional structures about the three Cartesian axes. Results obtained from 149 English and 231 Singapore students show that visualization about X-, Y-, and Z-axes are factorially distinct. (DH)

Scores of 202 primarily Hispanic community college students were used to determine (1) the correlations of each of five factor subscales of a research form of the dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC) measure with the Total Score of the Academic Self-Concept Scale and (2) the empirical factor structure of each instrument. (Author/BS)

Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF) profiles for 69 occupational groups were analyzed according to Holland's six occupational types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Convention. Three discriminant functions, labeled Independence, Extraversion, and Anxiety, enabled correct classification of 75 percent of…

An acculturation scale for Mexican Americans was cross-validated on 450 Mexican American college freshmen in south Texas. Factor analysis yielded four factors identified earlier: language preference, ethnic identity/generation removed from Mexico, ethnicity of friends/associates, extent of direct contact with Mexico and ability to read/write in…

Relationships between intelligence test scores and measures derived from reaction time and perceptual speed procedures were investigated. Only three reaction time measures produced correlations greater than .25 with a general intelligence factor. Test-retest reliability of reaction time measures was low. The reaction time-intelligence relationship…

This literature review on chemometrics (covering December 1981 to December 1983) is organized under these headings: personal supermicrocomputers; education and books; statistics; modeling and parameter estimation; resolution; calibration; signal processing; image analysis; factor analysis; pattern recognition; optimization; artificial…

Researchers evaluated the construct validity of attitude measures containing feeling, belief, and intention-to-act components. Evidence strongly suggests that treating these three factors as unidimensional concepts is inadequate for measuring health attitudes--a multidimensional approach is needed. (PP)

This study represents the first phase of an ongoing research program aimed identifying the dimensions of reading attitude and determining how these dimensions relate to a broader range of variables such as reading achievement, scholastic aptitude, classroom behavior, and cognitive styles. (Author)

nd wants of these students, nontraditional colleges have adopted research strategies that take into account both student expectations as well as their perception of satisfaction to assess service quality at their institutions. As one of the model adult learner focused institutions, Empire State College used Noel-Levitz Adult Learner Inventory in…

Service-learning courses focus on both service experience and academic learning. Academic content is covered in both the classroom and the service experience, and the service experiences are reflected upon and processed in the classroom. Based on educational values, potential outcomes can be classified as development of personal competence,…

This paper describes the development of a student rating of teaching effectiveness (SRTE) instrument by Saint Leo College (Florida). The instrument was based on Cashin's (1989) seven dimensional model of college teaching: subject matter mastery, curriculum development, course design, delivery of instruction, assessment of student learning,…