Describes a study in which respondents were asked to evaluate their local newspaper, to tell which parts of the paper they considered the most useful, to state which newspaper items they read, and to tell why they read those items. (GW)

Supports the continued viability of personality variables in race relations research, but shows that education does not have a greater impact as a variable than specific personality characteristics, though that was expected. (RL)

Examines data related to correlates of scholarly productivity. Data were collected from 8,692 college and university faculty members. Findings indicate that those faculty members who publish the most articles and books receive degrees when young, develop a habit of regular output, and work in a university with a reputation for scholarship.…

The procedures, findings, and recommendations of a study designed to determine the degree of diffusion of safety education into the agribusiness programs in Alabama and to relate twelve selected teacher and situational variables to the diffusion described in this research report. (BM)

The contributions of several core variables to the white suicide rates in 24 Florida counties were examined. A prediction equation including age, crime rate, insanity, and alcoholism was found that accounted for 79 percent of the variation in the suicide rates across counties. (Author)

Develops a path-analysis model of critical variables affecting student enrollment in secondary school physics. A test of the model utilizing state provided data of physics enrollment in New York State resulted in the rejection of the model; however, significant critical variable results were obtained. (SL)

Findings of this study indicate that variables pertaining to students' value systems were statistically significant predictors of their sex attitudes and that parent attitudes toward sex are an influence on the attitudes of their sons and daughters. (MB)

This study sought to determine if the nature of disability (visual, motor, or both) could be diagnosed for children with visual-motor integration disabilities and to determine methods by which appropriate diagnoses could be made. Results were seen as supporting the existence of semiautonomous visual and motor systems. (Author)

This study tests a model of predicting faculty success in the fields of chemistry, physics, sociology, and political science. Three hypotheses are tested separately for tenured and nontenured groups. The policy implications of the model regarding graduate department management are discussed. (Author/LBH)

The predictive relation between neonatal behavior and temperament at 24 months was examined for 67 infants selected from the full socioeconomic status (SES) distribution. Initial ratings were made when the infants were one to four days old. Irritable neonates were rated as more upset, less attentive to stimuli, and less responsive to the staff at…

Canonical-redundancy analyses were computed across the Profile of Mood States and the Eight State Questionnaire on a sample of 289 college undergraduates in order to estimate the degree of measurement overlap of the two multidimensional mood-state instruments. (Author/BS)

A followup study of predictions made based on psychiatric tests and psychological interviews of medical students in the 1940s found that neither the interviews nor the tests predicted the participants' mental or physical health or their occupational or marital adjustment as of 1982. (MSE)

This review of findings in the field of readability research discusses the differences in meaning between readability and legibility, examines the origins and developments of readability formulas for children's and adult materials, and describes several of the best-known formulas for English-language materials. (46 references) (Author/LRW)

Investigated incidence of alcohol use by college students, relationship among social bond variables, and ability of social bond variables to predict alcohol use. Psychosocial scales measuring elements of social bond to the college community were used successfully to classify abstainers, light-to-moderate drinkers, and heavy drinkers in 74% of the…