This document presents results of a prediction investigation into factors that might account for variations in the success of attempts at educational innovation. Four stages of innovation (adoption, planning, implementation, and institutionalization) are isolated and described, and the attention paid by this investigation to the innovation studies…

The validity of some theoretically derived vocational diagnostic signs was examined to learn if a person's self-knowledge, occupational knowledge, and decision-making ability were predictable. The positive results imply some practical applications and the need for further theoretical investigation. (Author)

For 151 male graduates of the University of North Dakota, expressed choices measured by preferences made as high school seniors on the ACT Student Profile Section were significantly more accurate predictors of graduating college major and of career entry occupation than were their Vocational Preference Inventory high point codes. (Author)

Explores the differences among the traditional single-equation prediction model of test bias, the Cleary and the Thorndike model in a situation involving typical educational variables with young female and male children. (Author/DEP)

Although predictive accuracy (cognitive empathy) and emotional empathy may be aspects of the same general ability, few empirical studies have examined the relationships between these dimensions. The relationship between cognitive empathy and emotional empathy was investigated by correlating the Mehrabian and Epstein Emotional Empathy Scale and its…

The use of multiple regression in identifying students with learning disabilities was investigated with 281 ninth grade students. Five sets of predictor variables were chosen to predict grade point average in grade 9: verbal and nonverbal IQ, sex, socioeconomic status (SES), and grade point average in grade 7. Five groups of overachievers, normal…

The uses and restrictions of commonality analysis are described. Commonality analysis has been increasingly used as a method to examine the relative importance of independent variables, through the partitioning of variance among the variables of the regression equation into unique and common components. The effects of all other independent…

Research addressing the question of what type of neighborhood environment is most supportive for older persons has identified a number of variables characterizing the physical or social context which interact with the personal characteristics of an individual to produce supportive or nonsupportive environments. Neighborhood environment was…

The relationship between treatment levels and errors of estimate for a dependent variable in a behavioral science research experiment is typically evaluated by an analysis of covariance. The same relation can be expressed by part correlation. In non-experimental research with individual-difference variables, an assumption regarding independence,…

Individual pupil scores, school characteristics, and characteristics of reading programs were assessed in elementary school programs in 36 communities, forming a data bank of information on 6,753 students from grades one through six enrolled in special reading programs across the country. A series of analyses were performed to determine the school…

Few meaningful sex differences will be reported if investigators go beyond the reporting of statistical significance to determine the indices of experimental effect size. Techniques for obtaining this type of information include the calculation of d and the estimate of omega squared, which indicate the advisability of continuing a line of…

This paper presents two research studies on the use of dogmatism as a predictor of verbal communication behavior. The studies examined the effects of dogmatism on the formulation of written and oral persuasive messages by comparing college students' scores on the Rokeach D and California F Scales with a content analysis of the written or oral…

This partially-annotated bibliography surveys numerous studies relating to the prediction of delinquency and of parole success. This literature search was undertaken to review those studies whose results would assist the military in the selection of pre-release indicators of successful adjustment. The chosen indicators would then be used to…

The monograph reports on a number of studies relating the self-concept to performance in education and employment. Using the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS), experimenters divided subjects into two groups (successful/unsuccessful) and attempted to predict subjects' behavior and success on the basis of differences in the TSCS scores. All…

The limited success in predicting academic achievement by the use of personality factors may be attributable to failure to delimit sufficiently the nature of the group being predicted, resulting in subtle differences lying hidden in the remaining random variance of the procedures. This study attempted to enhance prediction by a more precise…