We use administrative data to examine how "clock" policies--program time limits and recurring deadlines for confirming eligibility--affected participation in South Carolina's TANF and Food Stamp Programs from 1996-2003. South Carolina's TANF program limits most families to two years of benefits in any ten-year period; so, recipients…

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of gender differences and levels of loneliness on ways of coping. The sample of the study is composed of 462 university students (245 male, 217 female) from different departments from the Education Faculty at Cukurova University. In this study to collect data related to loneliness as an…

This research investigated differences in delinquent activities and the reputational orientations of at-risk and not-at-risk male and female adolescents. Initially, we sought to establish that adolescent males and females differed in these respects. This was found to be the case: males (n = 722) scored significantly higher than females (n = 738)…

Objective: To identify the influence of multiple case, teacher and school characteristics on Australian primary school teachers' propensity to detect and report child physical abuse and neglect using vignettes as short hypothetical cases. Methods: A sample of 254 teachers completed a self-report questionnaire. They responded to a series of 32…

The present study examined the relation between individual cognitive structure and several key career decision variables. Specifically, in a sample of college students enrolled in a career development class, the usage of the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) circumplex (adherence) was examined as…

This article describes the development of a classification system to measure the expertise levels of practicing paediatric rehabilitation therapists. Seventy-five therapists from five disciplines (physical, occupational, speech-language, behaviour, and recreational therapy) were involved, along with 170 peers, and 188 parents of children with…

Hypotheses that do not have the standard bilinear form theta=CBM=0 occur naturally in the analysis of repeated measurement designs. An expanded class of the tests of the form psi=Tr(G theta)=0, called extended linear hypotheses, provides a richer class of parametric functions. A method to analyze double multivariate and mixed multivariate models…

According to some researchers canonical correlation results should be interpreted in part by consulting redundancy coefficients (Rd). This paper, however, makes the case that Rd coefficients generally should not be interpreted. Rd coefficients are not multivariate. Furthermore, it makes little sense to interpret coefficients not optimized as part…

Covariance and correlation structure analytic techniques can be used to test whether a specified correlation structure is an adequate model of the population correlation structure. These procedures include: (1) normal theory (NT) and asymptotically distribution free (ADF) covariance structure analysis techniques; and (2) NT and ADF correlation…

Maximally reliable composites found in canonical reliability when expressed in the form of a canonical factor analysis solution are shown to have highly desirable data reduction properties. Theoretical relationships among canonical factor analysis, principal components analysis and canonical reliability analysis are emphasized. (Author/JKS)

This paper presents an overview of repeated measures designs, designs that measure one group over time, also called within-subjects designs. Both univariate and multivariate designs are discussed, and advantages and disadvantages of each of these designs are considered. The sphericity assumption is examined, and methods are presented to correct…

This paper reviews graphical and nongraphical methods for estimating multivariate normality. Prior to exploring this methodology, a foundation is established by presenting ways to assess univariate and bivariate normality. A data set of three variables used by J. Stevens (1986) is analyzed using Q-Q plots, stem and leaf plots, histograms,…

The rotation process can be very useful in discriminant analysis and multivariate analysis of variance. (CK)

Two multivariate probability distributions, a generalized beta distribution and a generalized F distribution, are derived. Formulas for the moments of these distributions are given and an example of the bivariate generalized beta is presented. (Author/JKS)

Miller and Farr's algorithm for the index of redundancy is shown to be incorrect by means of a counterexample. The consequences of this error for other conclusions drawn by the authors are discussed. (Author/JKS)