The Relationship of Clustered Interest Measures and Declared College Major: Concurrent Validity of the Copsystem Interest Inventory

This study investigated differences in creativity among the following groups of college students: probationary, average, distinguished, and undecided as to college major. Also, the relationship of creativity to college satisfaction and student orientation to college was examined. Differences in creative ability among the groups were found. Probationary students earned the highest group mean on the creativity measure and their mean was significantly greater than for the undecided group. Differences and correlations among the variables of creativity, college satisfaction, and student orientation were presented and discussed.

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Relationship of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised and the Wide-Range Achievement Test for a Selected Sample of Young Children

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1982.50.3.981 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 50 (3) ◽

pp. 981-982 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Donald L. Kitson ◽

Hubert Booney Vance

Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Achievement Test ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Intelligence Scale ◽

Wide Range Achievement Test ◽

Wide Range ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Wide Range Achievement

This study investigated the relationship between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised and the Wide-Range Achievement Test for a selected sample of 36 young children. There were 21 boys and 15 girls whose chronological ages ranged from 6-0 to 9-6, with a mean age of 7-3. Pearson product-moment correlations were obtained between the measures and t tests for independent means were computed. Regression analyses used all three Wide-Range Achievement subtests as criteria and the Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQs of the WISC-R as predictors. The results support the concurrent validity of the WISC-R.

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Concurrent Validity of the PPVT-R for College Students

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1984.55.3.863 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 863-866 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sally B. Bing ◽

John R. Bing

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Standard Deviation ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

College Freshmen ◽

Black College ◽

Vocabulary Test ◽

Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽

The Mean ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The relationship of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised and the McGraw-Hill Basic Skills System was examined for 50 predominately black college freshmen and sophomores. Both Forms L and M of the PPVT-R correlated significantly (.34 to .58) with the Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary subtests of the McGraw-Hill system. Students scored about one standard deviation below the mean on both measures. Skills measured by the instruments appear different enough to preclude use of the PPVT-R as the first screening test.

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Concurrent validity of the 2004 Strong Interest Inventory: an examination of gender and college major

10.31274/rtd-180815-711 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Courtney Elaine Gasser

Keyword(s):

Concurrent Validity ◽

College Major ◽

Strong Interest Inventory ◽

Interest Inventory ◽

Strong Interest

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The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽

10.1017/s0094837300025707 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 6 (02) ◽

pp. 146-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

William A. Oliver

Keyword(s):

Critical Points ◽

Scleractinian Corals ◽

Convincing Evidence ◽

Early Triassic ◽

Rugose Corals ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

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Skeletal elements of crinoid echinoderms: High-resolution structural and microanalytical results

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100074768 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

pp. 194-195

Author(s):

D. F. Blake ◽

L. F. Allard ◽

D. R. Peacor

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Marine Invertebrates ◽

Sea Urchins ◽

Structural Features ◽

Sea Stars ◽

High Resolution Tem ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Insight Into

Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates which has been extant since Cambrian time (c.a. 500 m.y. before the present). Modern examples of echinoderms include sea urchins, sea stars, and sea lilies (crinoids). The endoskeletons of echinoderms are composed of plates or ossicles (Fig. 1) which are with few exceptions, porous, single crystals of high-magnesian calcite. Despite their single crystal nature, fracture surfaces do not exhibit the near-perfect {10.4} cleavage characteristic of inorganic calcite. This paradoxical mix of biogenic and inorganic features has prompted much recent work on echinoderm skeletal crystallography. Furthermore, fossil echinoderm hard parts comprise a volumetrically significant portion of some marine limestones sequences. The ultrastructural and microchemical characterization of modern skeletal material should lend insight into: 1). The nature of the biogenic processes involved, for example, the relationship of Mg heterogeneity to morphological and structural features in modern echinoderm material, and 2). The nature of the diagenetic changes undergone by their ancient, fossilized counterparts. In this study, high resolution TEM (HRTEM), high voltage TEM (HVTEM), and STEM microanalysis are used to characterize tha ultrastructural and microchemical composition of skeletal elements of the modern crinoid Neocrinus blakei.

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