Two sampling studies were run to determine the robustness of the several tests of homogeneous variances to deviations from normality, and to compare the power of these tests. (Authors)

In the present article it is argued that the Least Squares Simplex Data Matrix Solution does not deal adequately with difficulty factors inasmuch as the theoretical foundation is insufficient. (Author/CB)

Although a great deal of attention has been devoted over a period of years to the estimation of reliability from item statistics, there are still gaps in the mathematical derivation of the Kuder-Richardson results. The main purpose of this paper is to fill some of these gaps, using language consistent with modern probability theory. (Author)

This note refers to EJ 056 482. (CB)

Position adopted in this study was that the underlying structure of what has been thought of as the masculinity-femininity variable is multidimensional, that a more valid description of MF would thus reveal a pattern and not a score. (Authors)

Results strongly supported previous findings with respect to a substantial degree of association between marijuana use and certain of the Comrey Personality Scales. (Author/CB)

The use of the kinesthetic aftereffect as a descriptive personality variable is strongly discouraged by the results of the present study. (Authors)

Author argues that simplistic and/or heuristic approaches to the Tucker and Messick model (an individual differences model for multidimensional scaling, 1963) are often inadequate. (Author/CB)

Results of study run counter to many previous research findings which found no relationship between students' expected grade in a course and their ratings of that course and its instructor. (Authors)