A VARIETY OF RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INCENTIVE FACTORS WERE STUDIED AS THEY RELATE TO COLLEGE MOTIVATION AMONG TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TO SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY AND INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT AFTER A STUDENT HAS ENTERED COLLEGE. FOR THIS PURPOSE A FOLLOWUP STUDY WAS MADE OF A 10 PERCENT RANDOM SAMPLE OF HIGH SCHOOL…

THE STUDY EMPIRICALLY DETERMINED THE EFFECTS OF NONNORMALITY UPON SOME SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE PRODUCT MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (PMCC). SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE PMCC WERE OBTAINED BY DRAWING NUMEROUS SAMPLES FROM CONTROL AND EXPERIMENTAL POPULATIONS HAVING VARIOUS DEGREES OF NONNORMALITY AND BY CALCULATING CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SHOW HOW NONINTELLECTIVE PERSONALITY VARIABLES ARE RELATED TO ACHIEVEMENT IN COLLEGE AMONG STUDENT GROUPS OF HIGH, AVERAGE, AND LOW INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES. THE DESIGN OF THE STUDY RELATED PERSONALITY TO GRADES WITHIN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ABILITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER RELATIONSHIPS VARIED FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER.…

ATTITUDES AND COGNITIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE NATURE OF WORK WERE STUDIED TO DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF SEX, SOCIAL CLASS, RACE, AND INTELLIGENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORK ORIENTATION. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 1,254 TEENAGERS FROM 13 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRES, RATING SCALES, HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS, AND TEAHCER RATINGS PROVIDED…

THREE STRUCTURED Q SORTS CONTAINING LIBERAL, CONSERVATIVE, PROGRESSIVE, AND TRADITIONALIST STATEMENTS ENABLED THE INVESTIGATOR TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIBERAL IN THEIR SOCIAL ATTITUDES WILL TEND TO BE PROGRESSIVE IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDES, WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONSERVATIVE IN THEIR SOCIAL ATTITUDES WILL TEND TO…

THREE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES OFFER APPROACHES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTELLIGENCE. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO UNCOVER THE COMMON FEATURES OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC SCHOOL, LEARNING, AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES. A STRUCTURAL CONCEPT IS SELECTED FROM EACH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCIPLINE FOR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS--THE CONCEPT OF FACTOR FROM THE PSYCHOMETRIC…

TEACHERS' RATINGS ON SIX 7-POINT SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL SCALES (GOOD-BAD, WORTHLESS-VALUABLE, FAIR-UNFAIR, MEANINGLESS-MEANINGFUL, WISE-FOOLISH, DISREPUTABLE-REPUTABLE) WERE OBTAINED FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS--AUTOMATED INSTRUCTION, SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, TEACHING MACHINE, MECHANIZED TUTOR, PROGRAMED TEST, PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, TUTOR TEXT, WORK…

THE HABILITATION OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED YOUTH WAS STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PREDICTOR VARIABLES. TESTS AND INTERVIEWS BY QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MADE ON 5 GROUPS OF YOUTHS WITH 25 IN EACH GROUP. DATA WERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE WEIGHTS OF EACH VARIABLE AND MEASURE. DIFFERENCES AMONG THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS WERE…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN VARIATIONS IN METHODOLOGY ON THE ANALYSIS OF EXISTING SETS OF DATA IN THE AREAS OF ABILITY OR INTELLIGENCE AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE OR PHYSICAL FITNESS. USING CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND METHODS OF FACTOR ANALYSIS DIFFERENT TREATMENTS OF VARIOUS SETS OF DATA, THREE RELATIVELY NEW MODELS…

The special case of the Piagetian model is discussed in relation to test theory. Problems connected with the construction and analysis of a test based on Piaget and Inhelder's The Child's Construction of Quantities are presented, and related to a method of representing the item discrimination which is consonant with Piagetian theory. Loevinger and…

This study investigated the nature of affective reactions of college students in a real-life testing situation, and the relationship of these affects to causal attributions and perceptions of success or failure. Ninety students responded to questions concerning their emotions after receiving results of an examination and indicated the contribution…

A Monte Carlo study was performed to test under what conditions and to what degree various alternatives would be superior to multiple linear regression (MLR). The criteria used was the mean squared error of prediction of individual scores and the mean squared error of estimation of the regression weights. Populations were simulated containing…

Factor analyses of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) was conducted. The random sample included 100 boys and 100 girls beginning at age four with increments of 6 months up to age 6 1/2. The intercorrelation matrix of the 11 WPPSI subtests at each of the age levels was factor analyzed, and the percent of common,…

A survey of teachers in the province of Alberta was conducted to assess which variables they felt were most important in influencing their decisions to use an educational television (ETV) program with their classes for the first time. Respondents were asked to rate the six following variables as to their influence on the teacher's decision-making…

This report describes a study conducted by the Audio-Visual Media Research Group of the Open University to investigate student attitudes, over time, to the value of radio as a course component. Results of a January 1979 survey using a questionnaire are reported with tables and analyzed according to (1) whether a student had access to a VHF radio…