This paper provides examples of how one can use the research issue and the relationships between qualitative and quantitative research as a frame for instructing students and judging the quality of research. The emphasis is on validity estimates, also called legitimization techniques, with attention to the idea of a qualitative-quantitative…

In several Asian countries, examinations have a central importance in the educational program, and their impact is felt throughout the society as well as in the schools. (GB)

Subjects received falsified psychological test results that were discrepant in either positive or negative directions with their own reports on self-referring attitudes. Subjects who received negative feedback were more likely to derogate the interpreter, whereas subjects who received positive feedback were more likely to change their self-reports…

A verbal reinforcer and two nonverbal immediacy cues, eye contact and body lean, were manipulated by an E under far and close conditions of interpersonal distance in a projective testing situation. As hypothesized, significant increases in the dependent measure, the number of thematic responses, were found for the verbal cue at both interaction…

The aim of the inquiry was to assess the validity of the claim that divergent thinking instruments should be administered under relaxed conditions for optimum performance. (Author)

This article presents an evaluation of a list of 116 competencies by a sample group of classroom teachers. The evaluation was scored on a scale of 5 to 1; results are included in the list. (JA)

Students should be continuously evaluated on straight copy timings, technique, and work attitudes and habits in typing. (AG)

A study of three testing procedures used with elementary economics students at Brigham Young University yielded the following results: students who were not notified of an impending test demonstrated higher achievement than those told specifically when the test would be given and those given approximate dates for testing. (AG)

The author takes issue with the APGA position on tests and testing which states that tests themselves are neutral and any problems that may arise are the result of administration and policy. (RP)

A simple shortcut procedure for analysis of variance is presented using the means, standard deviations, and number of cases in each sample directly. (Author/NE)

For each of the six age groups comprising the complete standardization sample reported in the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) manual, the matrix of intercorrelations among the subtests was separately factor analyzed. Results suggest that the Perceptual Organization factor of the WPPSI may be a valid measure of Witkin's…

This analysis of choice of Thematic Apperception Test cards administered to psychiatric patients showed that interns did administer more sexual-romantic cards to female than to male patients; staff psychologists did not. Sample size does not justify a conclusion that a genuine difference exists between staff psychologists and interns. (Author)

Study was directed at determining the extent to which Type I error rate is affected by violations in the basic assumptions of the test based on the q statistic. (Authors/CB)