EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES FOR RATING PERSONNEL WERE INVESTIGATED AS USED IN RESEARCH GENERALLY AND FOR USE IN THE EVALUATION OF TEACHERS. HISTORICAL PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN RATING TECHNIQUES WERE PRESENTED AND COMPARED WITH RANKING TECHNIQUES. STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF RATINGS WERE DETAILED AND RELATED TO VARIOUS TYPES OF RATING…

TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CORRELATION EXISTS BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO IMPLEMENT INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION, CATTELL'S 16 P.F. QUESTIONNAIRE AND A THREE-PART SCALE ON INNOVATION WERE EMPLOYED TO GATHER DATA FROM 93 IDAHO SUPERINTENDENTS AND 71 SUPERINTENDENTS FROM 12 OTHER STATES WHO HAD BEEN…

A LINEAR MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AGE CHARACTERISTICS OF A COMMUNITY AND THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL PUBLIC FUNDS ALLOCATED PER PUPIL IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE MODEL TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE LEVEL OF LOCALLY RAISED EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION IN EACH STATE COULD BE PREDICTED BETTER WITH KNOWLEDGE OF…

COLLEGE OBJECTIVES WERE REDEFINED AND STUDENT CHANGE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER--(1) STUDENTS CHANGE IN COLLEGE, (2) WHEN AND WHERE CHANGE OCCURS, AND (3) DEVELOPMENTAL PRINCIPLES WHICH COULD APPLY TO STUDENT CHANGE TO FACILITATE DECISIONS. DEFINITIONAL ACTIVITIES YIELDED SIX MAJOR SUBCATEGORIES OF BEHAVIORS AND STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS--GOAL…

THE PRIME CRITERION OF SUCCESS OF A NURSING PROGRAM IS OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF GRADUATES. AS AN INTERMEDIATE STEP, THE AUTHOR INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP OF CERTAIN PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS (AGE, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS, FATHER'S AND MOTHER'S EDUCATION, AND SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TEST…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASSOCIATIONAL PATTERNS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ARE STUDIED. THE HYPOTHESES ARE--THE PATTERN OF ASSOCIATIONS IS RELATED TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND CHANGE IN ASSOCIATION PATTERNS OVER TIME IS RELATED TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. HIGH ACHIEVING ENTERING FRESHMEN ATTENDING A FRESHMEN ORIENTATION CAMP IN…

THE DATA FROM THE SEVERAL STUDIES ANALYZED IN THIS REPORT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AS PART OF AN ON-GOING EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT THE ABT ASSOCIATES' EDUCATION COST EFFECTIVENESS INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS SUBMODEL, WHICH IS DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES TO EVALUATE THE QUANTITATIVE, CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS AND SCHOLASTIC…

THE PURPOSE WAS TO OBTAIN EVALUATIVE DATA FROM BOYS AND GIRLS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL DISTRICT'S EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM FOR ACADEMICALLY ABLE AND TALENTED PUPILS, AND FROM THEIR PARENTS, AND TO MAKE COMPARISONS BETWEEN PUPILS' AND PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE EXPERIENCE. TWO OPINIONNAIRES WERE DEVELOPED FOR PUPILS AND PARENTS. THEY WERE ADMINISTERED TO…

THIS FACTOR ANALYTIC STUDY OF OSCAR (OBSERVATION SCHEDULE AND RECORDS) SCORES FOR CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR EMPLOYED RATINGS BY SUPERVISING FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE CLASSROOM BEHAVIORS OF 115 STUDENT TEACHERS AND THEIR PUPILS ON THREE OCCASIONS APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH APART. FIVE FACTORS WHICH COULD BE INTERPRETED AS INDEPENDENT ASPECTS OF TEACHER AND PUPIL…

THIS DOCUMENT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF RESEARCH ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDY PROJECT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT WAS TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND INCOME WITHIN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN MINORITY. DATA FOR THE STUDY WERE OBTAINED FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF POPULATION, 1960. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDED THAT…

CHARACTERISTICS OF CANDIDATES AND SOME OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING FINAL SELECTION OF FELLOWS NOMINATED FOR THE 1ST YEAR OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (ACE) INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR FELLOWS IN ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION ARE INVESTIGATED. PRESIDENTS OF THE 1,097 ACE MEMBER INSTITUTIONS WERE ASKED TO NOMINATE ONE PERSON FROM THEIR FACULTY OR STAFF…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF TWO VERSIONS OF A SEVENTH-GRADE SCIENCE FILM. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO PRODUCE TWO VERSIONS OF A FILM, ONE OF WHICH CONTAINED INSERTED QUESTIONS, AND (2) TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE QUESTIONS IN DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTATION. ALL OF THE…

This investigation tried to determine if a statistically significant relationship exists between different sequences of enrollment in remedial mathematics and grades obtained in college algebra classes at Jacksonville State University. Groups consisting of five different enrollment sequences in mathematics were studied. The data collected supports…

This package of modules comprises a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Program. The four modules included in the package contain instructional materials covering a broad range of statistical and data analytic procedures chosen on the basis of their probable utility to public managers…

Several methods of assessing test item bias are described, and the concept of fair use of tests is examined. A test item is biased if individuals of equal ability have different probabilities of attaining the item correct. The following seven general procedures used to examine test items for bias are summarized and discussed: (1) analysis of…