In this experiment designed to trace the development of rivalry in Anglo American and rural Mexican children, rivalry (behavior intended to lower the outcomes of a peer) was measured by 4 choice conditions wherein the rivalrous alternative in all conditions was the choice that left fewer rewards (marbles) to the chooser's peer. After all choices…

The existence of critical listening abilities as part of general listening ability was explored. The abilities were: (1) Detecting the Speaker's Purpose, (2) Analyzing and Judging Propaganda, and (3) Analyzing and Judging Arguments. Critical listening was defined as the process of examining spoken materials in the light of related objective…

The purpose of this study was to combine knowledge of teacher demographic data with time-series forecasting methods to predict teacher turnover. Moving averages and exponential smoothing were used to forecast discrete time series. The study used data collected from the 22 largest school districts in Iowa, designated as FACT schools. Predictions…

A NATIONWIDE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS AND OFFERINGS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM STATE SUPERVISORS, CONSULTANTS, AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS VIA QUESTIONNAIRE. THE COVERAGE INCLUDED PUBLIC, NONPUBLIC, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. DATA WERE TABULATED AND DESCRIBED. THE DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDED FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE…

RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPED TO GATHER DATA ON PLANS, ATTITUDES, INTERESTS, AND ASPIRATIONS OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS RELEVANT TO CAREER PLANNING WERE PRESENTED. THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 404 BOYS AND GIRLS (GRADES 6, 8, 10, AND 12) AND THEIR PARENTS. THE GATHERED DATA WERE COMPARED TO SHOW THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTS ON THEIR…

A high-school-level field experience program in economic education in Meridian, Mississippi, is described. The program provided exposure to various careers as well as experience with economic processes. Each student spent several weeks in a variety of business, industrial, and manufacturing organizations. Students learned the background of each…

Extending the classical twin method, Arthur R. Jensen claims to find unique estimates of the variance and covariance of the genetic and environmental components of IQ. The analyses presented in this paper show that a wide variety of parameter estimates are compatible with his model and data. But the extent of indeterminancy is deemed to be even…

This project began with the delineation of the roles and functions of respiratory therapy personnel by the American Association for Respiratory Therapy. In Phase II, The Psychological Corporation used this delineation to develop six proficiency examinations, three at each of two levels. One exam at each level was designated for the purpose of the…

This study bears on Arthur R. Jensen's latest statement on the heritability of intelligence. Allowing for gene-environment correlation, Jensen (1975) reports that under a wide range of assumptions, the twin data show that one-half to three-fourths of IQ variance is accounted for by genetic factors. This conclusion falls when an arbitrary…

This report presents a statistical portrait of the changing role of women in the United States during the 20th century. Data are from United States Government sources--from surveys, decennial censuses, vital statistics, and administrative records. The majority of the statistics have been published previously, either in government documents or…

Since research on sex differences in occupational attainment suggests that working men and women attain essentially the same mean level of occupational attainment and do so through quite similar processes, the censoring problem as a potential source of bias in estimating equations for these comparative occupational attainments is investigated.…

This study assesses the effectiveness of different types of Jewish schools in producing adult religious involvement, using a sample of 1,009 individuals from the Chicago area and an analysis of covariance design. Based on his analysis, the author concludes that the type of supplementary Jewish education received by over 80 percent of those Jews…

A study examined the specific differences in the salary reward systems of eight clusters of academic disciplines included in Biglan's three-dimensional model of the academic profession. The sample consisted of 1,320 faculty at a large research university who responded to the Faculty Activity Analysis questionnaire requesting information on the…

Using examples from evaluations of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic Grants Program, the ESAA Pilot Program, and the sustaining effects of compensatory education programs, school and student attrition are discussed. As in the example cases, appreciable attrition can be expected in most longitudinal studies. The possible effects of this…

This investigation was designed to determine the effects of age, salary, academic degree status, and tenure status of college-level physical educators employed either combined or separate departments on their response patterns to various questions regarding the merger process. A stratified sample of faculty employed in either separate departments…