Quantifies the impact of time spent riding a bus on 4th, 6th, 8th, and 11th grade students' achievement based on data from a 1970 Statewide survey of Oklahoma students. The null hypothesis was tested that busing has no effect on student achievement. Findings revealed that at an .01 level of significance, bus riding time reduces achievement for 4th…

Personal time perspective was defined as self-assessment at present in comparison with 5 years backward (retrotension) and forward (protension). (Authors)

Using 1960 Census data for New York City, regression equations are developed to test empirically: (1) the relationship between the proportion of female-headed households and ADC incidence and (2) the effect of ADC incidence on male and female labor force participation rates. (Editor)

Establishes an argument that questions the validity of one test'' of goodness-of-fit (the extent to which a series of obtained measures agrees with a series of theoretical measures) for the simulated time path of a simple endogenous (internally developed) variable in a simultaneous, perhaps dynamic econometric model. (Author)

Purpose of this investigation was to determine whether the inclusion of quadratic and/or interaction terms in a regression model would improve the prediction of student nurses' grade point averages. (Authors)

Assuming a value added model of education, accountability measures can be developed to improve resource allocation, to more effectively select and assign personnel, and to enhance program evaluation and research. (RA)

Virtually all parametric statistical procedures have been shown to be special cases of canonical correlation analysis. This article proposes a logic for conducting stepwise canonical correlation analyses, based upon evaluation of canonical communality coefficients. The procedure is a direct analogue of stepwise multiple regression. (Author/RD)

Data from a random sample of principals and superintendents were analyzed to test hypotheses concerning the relationships between self-monitoring and selected personal, organizational, and community variables. Findings were that community urbanity, cost per pupil of programs, and administrator's age are significant predictors of high…

The Leisure Activity Survey is a large national data set collected in 1982 by the Bureau of the Census for the National Endowment for the Arts. Selected preliminary findings are discussed and several other uses of the data set are suggested. (Author/RM)

Measured children's identification with and perceived reality of television characters and children's rating of peers on 11 traits. Found, among other results, that identification with television characters was a significant predictor of the mean evaluation of peers, and that television viewing was a significant predictor of the variance in…

The science achievement scores of a large sample of 13-year-olds were regressed to test a psychological theory of educational productivity, and to explore the usefulness of the National Assessment of Educational Progress data for secondary analysis for policy purposes. (Author/GK)

Questions are raised concerning differences between traditional metric multiple regression, which assumes all variables to be measured on interval scales, and nonmetric multiple regression. The ordinal model is generally superior in fitting derivation samples but the metric technique fits better than the nonmetric in cross-validation samples.…

This paper relates common statistics from contingency table analysis to the more familiar R squared terminology in order to better understand the strength of the relation implied. The method of coding contingency tables was shown, as well as how R squared related to phi, V, and chi squared. (Author/CTM)