This review focuses on 15 general applied multivariate textbooks that were published in the 1980s and have potential for in-class use by social and behavioral science students. The review covers content, information on previous book reviews, computer use coverage, reliance on matrices, and quality ratings. (TJH)

A study examined college students' academic delay of gratification, that is, their preference for an immediately available option (go to a concert the day before a test) or a delayed alternative (stay home studying for a test). Differential explanations of academic delay of gratification between task, performance approach, and performance-avoid…

Dissertations are an important component of the effort to generate knowledge. Thus, dissertation quality may be seen by accreditation and coordinating-board reviewers as a noteworthy reflection on the quality of doctoral programs themselves. The present study reviews methodological errors within Ph.D. dissertations. The illustrative errors are…