Discrimination, poverty, and ethnic attachment or choice have been identified as 3 factors that might explain residential segregation. This paper purported: (1) to comparatively document the nature and extent of metropolitan segregation of Mexican Americans and Blacks in the Southwest; (2) to perform an exploratory analysis of the significance of…

The correlation coefficients between the new basic interest scales and the traditional empirical (occupational and nonoccupational) scales on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men were determined for a diverse sample of 155 males. In most cases, the relationships were logical and easy to understand. In some cases, however, the relationships…

This evaluation report is designed to meet two major objectives: a) to determine the extent of and the factors associated with variations in success and failure among children enrolled in the Distar Follow-Through programs, and b) to determine variations in success and failure in selected measures as they occur between children enrolled in the…

The primary purpose of this report is to assist State and local education associations in their efforts to improve the compensation of teachers at all levels -- elementary, secondary, and higher education. This compendium of currently available data provides a single source of technical information for assessing and comparing the economic position…

The predictive validity of the PCAT-Arithmetic Skills and PCAT-Mathematical Reasoning portions of the PCAT is questioned as applied to pharmacy students at the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University. (LBH)

Application of the Kruskal-Wallis test to survey research problems is discussed as an alternative for the business education researcher in testing questionnaire response differences among three or more independent groups. Problem illustrations and a computer program are included. (MF)

Using alternative models, wage and job competition predict different outcomes for an exogenous increase in supplies of educated labor. Regression studies based on the models account for very little variability in wages of new labor market entrants in 1966-1976. (Author/MSE)

ifferent evaluation models were applied to data from a high school career education program to investigate problems in statistical conclusion validity and program effectiveness judgments. If potential threats to internal validity are analyzed and protection strategies are developed, more confidence in unplanned ex post facto design using a…

This study of training needs utilized a questionnaire to assess participant's opinions of knowledge level that should exist and knowledge level that does exist in 25 content areas and analyzed the resultant data using three different approaches: mean difference analysis, multicomponent data analysis, and weighted need index. (MBR)

The purpose of this study was to determise the relative loss in statistical power of traditional methods of analysis when response-shift bias is present. Five methods of analysis (posttest scores only; postminus pretests; postminus retrospective pretest; postcovaried by pretest; postcovaried by retrospective pretest) were compared. (Author/BW)

Part of the findings of a postal survey of medical students pertaining to the students' background, attitudes to the course, and career preferences. Increases in women students, the lack of broadening of social class background, and continued unfavorable attitudes toward community medicine, sociology, and psychology are shown. (LBH)

In an age of student accountability, public school systems must find procedures for identifying effective schools, classrooms, and teachers that help students continue to learn academically. As a result, researchers have been modeling schools and classrooms to calculate productivity indicators that will withstand not only statistical review but…

The federal class-size-reduction initiative and programs such as Wisconsin's Project SAGE (Student Achievement Guarantee in Education) provide funds for a variety of "small-class models," including intact small classes with one teacher, team-taught classes with 30 or more students and 2 full-time teachers, "push-in" or…

Extensive statistical analyses were made of annual achievement progress on North Carolina's Department of Public Instruction tests. The data included 1,592 students in six Core Knowledge schools and 533,919 students in more than 1,300 other schools. The analyses showed that Core Knowledge schools excelled the other schools in achievement progress…

Distinctions were made between three classes of statistical linkage: equivalence, concordance, and prediction. These distinctions were based on rational content considerations and empirical statistical relationships. A large database involving SAT I and ACT scores was used to determine which type of linkage was best suited for different scores and…