The author examined the prevalence of multiple operational definitions of outcome constructs and an estimate of the incidence of Type I error rates when univariate procedures were applied to multiple variables in educational psychology. Multiple operational definitions of constructs were advocated and wider use of multivariate analysis was…

A multiple regression approach was applied to data to measure the following by geographic municipality: the ratio of high school graduates enrolled in a given institution to that institution's entering freshman enrollment, eligible population, academic ability, educational attainment, income level, wage rate, unemployment rate, cost of attendance,…

The statistical and institutional influences on the prediction of first-year college grades were examined using data from College Board validity studies and the College Handbook. The criterion was the size of the multiple correlation between academic predictors and first-year college grades. (Author/MLW)

Uses multiple regression analysis to demonstrate that the earnings of illegal aliens rise with schooling and labor market experience, but experience in the U.S. is more important than in the country of origin. Shows that Mexican illegal aliens earn about 30 percent less than Canadian/European illegal aliens. (Author/RDN)

Proposes a quadratic programming, least squares solution to Carroll's weighted unfolding model with nonnegativity constraints imposed on weights. It can be used to test various hypotheses about the weighted unfolding model with or without constraints. (RC)

An attempt was made to identify student characteristics which might lead to greater achievement for an individualized treatment. (Editor)

Multiple regression is used to estimate faculty compensation levels and compensation change for 46 paired union and nonunion institutions of higher education for the year 1974-75. Evidence shows that collective bargaining is associated with increased faculty salaries and benefits. (Author)

Examines the relationship between selected socioeconomic data and state effort for the support of public schools among the 50 states. Two measures of state effort are identified for use as dependent variables, and multiple regression analysis is used to determine the relationship between socioeconomic factors and state effort for education.…

A 10 percent random sample survey which elicited the political attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, as well as the social backgrounds, of students at the University of Chicago, in 1970, produced data indicating that there is very little direct effect on activism by social background. (Author/JM)

Intent of this study was to examine an ability and achievement battery used in college engineering freshmen prediction for possible moderating effects in an attempt to enhance overall prediction. (Authors)

Analysis showed that a word problem is difficult to solve if: it is of a different type from the problem that preceded it; its solution requires a large number of different operations; its surface structure is complex; it has a large number of words; or it requires a conversion of units. (Authors)

Article is concerned with a model for school system evaluation. The usefulness of the indices from this model depend on their stability, and this study presents evidence related to their stability when pupils and factors related to time are considered as sources of error. (Author/RK)

This study attempts to explain the observed distribution of students among university departments. A general model describing the student's initial choice of department is constructed. The decisions made by a sample of students were then explained by multiple regression analysis, where students' socio-economic characteristics are the explanatory…

Describes the presence of high correlations between pooled scores on two test formats when administered to 170 students in an introductory physics course. Concludes the gradability of machine scorers is comparable to that of manual grading in this repeated-measures design. (CC)