Despite the precautions in subject selection many of the usual sex differences appeared, including boys' higher level of aggression toward peers. (MH)

As strongly suggested by recent work, patterns of gender difference can change because of changes in the selectivity of the sample itself. This is a statistical influence connected with the distributions of female and male scores, rather than a substantive influence related to demographic characteristics of the sample such as age or ethnicity. It…

The purposes of the present study were to compare the scores obtained by boys and girls on the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) and to assess differences in their abilities on the tests that constitute these Scales. (Author/RK)

Research tested the hypothesis that homogeneous subject groups would produce test responses with better homogeneity indices than those of the parent sample from which they were drawn. (Author)

Recent comparisons (R. Freedle and I. Kostin, 1988) of differential item difficulty (DIF) have found that items that are in some way easier differentially give advantage to white examinees. In this study, the male/female ratio was manipulated among college students taking a social sciences examination to determine the effect of the male/female…

Fifth-grade students (n=154) were given the Group Embedded Figures Test. Distribution characteristics and sex differences were examined. Earlier norms developed for adult samples are substantially different from those of a sample of children. The norms presented here provide a guide for identification of field dependence in children. (Author)

Attempts to determine objectively, by means of a word list containing specific sexual terms, which aspects of sex most interest young adolescents, and how the females and males differ in their interests. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this brief paper was not to question the basic findings of Fox and Lefkowitz (EJ 100 533) but simply to raise some questions about their study in terms of the data actually reported. Their original article presented evidence for differential validity between whites and Negroes from a test validation study of production-type jobs.…

Several factors thought to influence the representativeness of behavioral assessment data were examined in an analogue study employing a multifactorial design. Systematic and unsystematic methods of observing group behavior were investigated using 18 male and 18 female observers. Additionally, valence properties of the observed behaviors were…

A research study evaluated the possible sex differences between males and females on job outcome importance as a function of occupational level. (RK)

This study investigated the effects of personalization of cover letter and envelopes and the effect of teacher's sex, grade level taught, and the locale on responses to a mail survey of public school teachers. Significant effects were found for locale but not for personalization, sex, or grade level taught. (Author/JAZ)

Argues that women are unaccounted for in most phenomenographic studies, for several reasons: most research has been conducted in fields and using samples in which women are underrepresented; the traditional disciplines of study are patriarchal; and the "outcome space" is defined in cognitive terms, neglecting the affective dimension…

Meta-analytic results reported show that in selected examples, mathematics-space correlations are higher in females than in males, with the difference becoming more pronounced with greater selectivity. Because these samples are of gifted or college-bound youth, explanations that emphasize career-directed attitudes are suggested. (SLD)

Review of research investigating gender differences in computer-related behavior examines statistical and methodological flaws. Issues addressed include sample selection, sample size, scale development, scale quality, the use of univariate and multivariate analyses, regressional analysis, construct definition, construct testing, and the…

One of a series of reports on the International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (in Mathematics).