Formulas and a FORTRAN program for computing Kendall's Tau as well as a generalized Spearman rho coefficient from ordered contingency tables are described. (Author)

Relative to given scale properties of each of two paired variables, a program for identification and computation of the following indices of relationship is provided: phi, Spearman rank order, Kendall's Tau, Pearson's product moment, biserial, and point biserial. (Author/RC)

Response data from 3,000 subjects to the SRA Attitude Survey were analyzed using the one-parameter and two-parameter logistic latent trait models. The effects of varying sample size on the accuracy of person and item parameters were investigated. (Author/BS)

A computerized adaptive testing procedure for measuring mathematical skills of 60 deaf college students was evaluated. Ability estimates were compared for stability to those obtained earlier from conventional testing. Adaptive testing increased measurement efficiency by reducing test length. Student attitudes toward computerized testing were…

A job satisfaction questionnaire was developed, and 485 special educators of the mentally retarded, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, and severely handicapped responded to its dissemination. Factor analysis resulted in seven factors. Analysis of variance indicated differences between groups on factors dealing with Behavior Management…

The multifaceted structure of sentence-completion test items was analyzed to explain verbal comprehension. The three stimulus constituents were technical, logical-semantic, and associative-contextual. Guttman's facet and order theories and smallest space analysis were used. Results confirmed the multiple skills involved in solving these tasks.…

College students completed a student perceptions of teaching effectiveness questionnaire. Six factors resulted: attitude toward students; work load; course value to students; course organization and structure; grading quality; and level of material. Second-order factors were general quality and difficulty, which was uncorrelated with other ratings…

Four scales of innovativeness were administered to two samples of undergraduate students: the Open Processing Scale, Innovativeness Scale, innovation subscale of the Jackson Personality Inventory, and Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory. Intercorrelations indicated the scales generally exhibited convergent validity. (GDC)

Roth's Mother Child Relationship Evaluation was administered to 54 mothers and 20 fathers of children aged 3 to 11. The underlying dimensions--acceptance, overprotection, overindulgence, and rejection--were also assessed. Results suggested the need for both revision and renorming of the instrument. (Author/GDC)

A procedure is proposed for determining whether correlations obtained between two measures justify the assumption that the measures are identical. It is intended especially for small samples. In the example, the performance scales of two intelligence tests were administered to 32 deaf adolescents. (GDC)

Although methods for using ordinary least squares regression computer programs to calculate a ridge regression are available, the calculation of a stepwise ridge regression requires a special purpose algorithm and computer program. The correct stepwise ridge regression procedure is given, and a parallel FORTRAN computer program is described.…