The effects of the violation of the assumption of normality in the conditional distributions of the dependent variable, coupled with the condition of multicollinearity upon the outcome of testing the hypothesis that the regression coefficient equals zero, are investigated via a Monte Carlo study. (Author/JKS)

Path analysis is a data analytic technique for estimating the strengths of hypothesized relationships among a group of variables for a particular sample. Strategies for the use of path analysis are discussed in detail in this extensive article. (JKS)

Suggests that there exists a "finite" number of elementary concepts and distinguishable modes of thinking, that all human beings tend to acquire the same set of elements of thinking and the same strategies with which to understand and control their physical environment, and that the method of analysis used here is a standard scientific method.…

A real danger lies in the developing trend within academic business investigations to underestimate the importance of first level of rigor research. Basic research is a prerequisite to the uncovering of new knowledge. A suitable balance between basic and applied research must be restored. (Author)

Exploring the marital dissolution experience of women interviewed in the 1970 National Fertility Study, this article documents the effect of race, religion, and education upon marital stability. (JC)

The literature on cluster analysis is reviewed. Journal articles on cluster analysis are listed, the literature citing works on cluster analysis is examined, and the jargon which has developed in this field is discussed. (JKS)

Three statistical analysis procedures for analysis of repeated measures data are examined. The procedures are classical mixed model analysis of variance, multivariate analysis of repeated measures, and the analysis of covariance structures. (Author/JKS)

The strategy for investigating convergent and discriminant test validity, known as the multitrait-multimethod matrix, is investigated. A nonparametric significance testing procedure is suggested and demonstrated. (JKS)

This study is concerned with how different modes of attention influence anticipatory reactivity and, in addition to investigating initial reactivity, examines the influence of attention upon habituation. (Author/RK)

Results of a number of experiments conforming to a particular paradigm have yielded a highly systematic relation between the probability that recallable words are not recognized and the probability of recognition of all words. This recognition failure is largely constant with many conditions that greatly affect both recognition and (cued) recall.…

EXPLORE is a flexible computer program for analyzing multiple data sets. The investigator has the option of focusing on the original variables, or of selecting a reduced rank solution where original variables are summarized by a principal components analysis. (Author/JKS)

Compares the rates of forgetting of five-item sequences of acoustically similar and dissimilar consonants and words in the absence of proactive and retroactive interference in order to test whether within sequence similarity rather than stimulus length would have a greater influence on retention. (Author/RK)

A model was proposed as an alternative to current models for categorical perception, which refers to the apparent responding to stimuli only in absolute terms. The model proposed that a single (common) factor causes both a peak in the discrimination function and a categorical dichotomy and thus the correlation between the two. (Editor/RK)

Attempted to provide a direct investigation of the nature and stress-reducing quality of complementary projection, a process by which an individual attributes causality for his or her own feelings, traits, or behaviors onto other people. (Author/RK)

This study posits that social learning theory can explain development of structure in preadults' political attitudes better than the much-discussed "vulnerability" and "two-step" hypotheses. (Author)