A procedure is presented for the analysis of rating data with correlated intrajudge and uncorrelated interjudge measurement errors. Correlations between true scores on different rating dimensions, reliabilities for each judge on each dimension and correlations between intrajudge errors can be estimated given a minimum of three raters and two…

The Stanford Preschool Internal-External Scale (SPIES) was administered to middle class kindergarten children to investigate whether the characteristics of the test would remain stable as it did for the normative sample. (Author/DEP)

To determine whether or not blacks and whites are increasingly divergent in their political orientations, public opinion data from 13 separate national surveys conducted in 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971 (4 studies) and 1972 (2 studies) by the Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) of Princeton, New Jersey, were examined. (Author/JM)

Assesses black enlisted participation in the Army through a presentation of trend data showing the distribution of blacks across the enlisted rank structure, and the assignment of blacks by military occupational specialities. The unequal distribution of blacks across ranks decreases over time but remains not noticeable. Blacks are under…

This study, presented at the NASPA convention, Dallas, 1976, reviews a research project of Student Affairs placement to provide a base line for professional hiring patterns. (Author)

Problem-solving ability has been assessed within the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners through the use of patient management problems (PMPs) in both medical and surgical areas. It is shown that the highest marks in PMPs are being achieved by students who arrive at the correct diagnosis without accumulating excessive information and…

Since judgments of teaching and teachers should be distinguished, six arguments for using the students' opinions are reviewed and three counter-arguments are presented. It is shown that many previous validity studies are based upon a logical error and that none justifies the validity of students' opinions of teaching. Subjectivity may be the cause…

A rationale and educational plan for teaching statistical orientation (not statistics per se) by means of a series of practice questions is presented. Set in a context of practice, the questions do not seem to provoke the hostility among social work students that often typifies their reactions to traditional statistics courses. (Author/LBH)

A precise method of determining absorption maxima where Gaussian functions occur is described. The method is based on a logarithmic transformation of the Gaussian equation and is suited for a mini-computer. (MR)

A sample of academic departments in a large state university were examined on the effects of (1) information about the distribution of department influence, (2) information about the department's standing on various dimensions, and (3) the effects of advocating that allocations be based on dimensions favoring the department. (Author/MLF)

A statistical study of 90 students entering the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy in 1974 indicates that PCAT scores are clearly superior predictors over these scores: SAT-Verbal and -Math; college quality point average (QPA); Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Test; and pharmacy course grade. (LBH)

Advocates six principles in teaching sociology: (1) courses should deal with more factual material; (2) three to five variable systems are natural units of empirical sociological knowledge; (3) students must work with results; (4) time sharing computers are the best means of teaching social facts; (5) computer output should be mostly percentage…

Describes a study of employment and earnings differences between Spanish origin males and white males. Concludes that both employment discrimination and low productivity have contributed to the inferior economic status of Spanish origin males. Data also suggest that recent efforts to upgrade their status have been unsuccessful. (Author/AV)

A statistical method to determine sex discrimination in salaries considered known differential variables which can legitimately be used to determine salary level apart from discrimination based on improper criteria, such as race, sex, religion, etc. This case study of a group of educators exemplifies salary discrimination based on sex. (Author/MV)

Analyzes the financial impact of the "guaranteed yield" school finance system adopted by Ohio in 1975 and argues that it failed to achieve its primary goal of providing local school districts with equal yield for equal tax effort. (JG)