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Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) in the areas of social studies, science, and mathematics were adapted and translated into braille. Score conversions were obtained which made it possible to relate scores on the braille forms to existing norms. The equating procedure is described, and some illustrative score relationships are presented and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the suitability of the Harris Revision of the Goodenough Draw-A-Man test for a psychiatric population. The Goodenough scores used were those recorded by the various psychologists who had admininstered the test, while Harris scores were independently obtained for the experiment. It was found that the use of the Harris revision resulted in lower IQ scores than either the Stanford Binet or the Goodenough. This study is a partial replication of Vane's work, using a psychiatric population in the same age range, with some methodological changes.

This article focuses on the meaning of the Taulbee-sission configurational score in the MMPI with neurological patients. In a previous investigation of the effect of temporal lobe removals on MMPI scores, a problem was raised with respect to the meaning of the Taulbe&Sisson (TS) configurational score with epileptic patients who had undergone neurosurgical therapy. The original purpose of the TS score is to help psychodiagnosticians decide on the basis of a pattern of scores whether a patient in a psychiatric hospital might be labeled neurotic or psychotic, but the labels do not seem adequate to describe patients with neurological impairments.

This article focuses on the internal consistency of the Wisc scores for ages 5 to 16. The extreme paucity of research on the internal consistency of the WISC subtest scores for normal children, over the age range for which the instrument is intended, is perhaps attributable to (a) the confidence that psychologists have displayed in the indices based on the original standardization data (b) the relatively limited scope of the problem, and (c) a general decline in interest in the internal, psychometric characteristics of those ability tests that have received common acceptance.

The article presents a study to estimate impairment on Wechsler Bellevue subtests. A review of the literature shows that deterioration indices based on weighted scores have been shown to be invalid, and that vocabulary and information scores provide the best baseline for scatter analysis. A technique is described in which a patient's scores are compared with the mean scores for his age. A difference of more than one sigma score between "hold" subtests, and any "don't hold" subtest is considered to indicate impairment on that subtest. As a corollary, the influence of age on mean subtest scores is illustrated.

The article presents information on the evaluation of the use of difference scores in prediction. In general the use of difference scores, patterns of differences, or profile analyses appears to be uneconomical for purposes of prediction. From the standpoint of economical use of data, difference scores are likely to prove disadvantageous because they in effect apply an arbitrarily weighted use of the two variables. It is suggested that the use of difference scores for predictive purposes possesses no unique merit is uneconomical where more than two variables are involved, and in some situation may obscure the predictive merits of the variables.

Testing the hypothesis of equality of means, as in a one-way analysis of variance against the hypothesis of a particular ordering of the means can be done in two ways. One approach uses the maximum likelihood philosophy while the other uses a single degree of freedom contrast with coefficients chosen to be best in some sense. These two methods are applied to some data from a small scale social survey so as to illustrate their calculations and conclusions. Although the single degree of freedom approach may be accused of arbitrariness in scores, still it is relatively more convenient computationally and permits somewhat more comprehensive conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In collegiate football, ties are now rare, only two percent of the games ending this way in 1967, the highest scoring tie being 37-37. Ties happen less than half as often as one-point differences. The most frequent outcome of a game was 14-7, although the most frequent winning score was 21 and the most frequent losing score was O. The average winning score was 27, the average losing score, 10. A team score of 11 has a 25 percent chance of being a winning score, a score of 16 a 50 percent chance, a score of 23 a 75 percent chance and a score of 40 is practically certain to win, based on a freehand curve. Scores of 3, 9, 10 are more favorable to winning than their size would suggest, while 18 and 22 are less favorable than theirs suggests. Indeed, a score of 9 is more likely to win than is a score of 15, and nearly as likely as a score of 18. When a loser scores 0, the average winning score is 27, but when the loser scores 3, the average winning score is only 19. Average winning scores are roughly hyperbolically related to losing scores. Looking at it the other way around, losers score most on the average when winners get 31 to 40 points, and then losers average about 13 points. As one would expect, differences in scores of 7, 14, 21, 28, 34, and 35 are especially frequent. When average total score in the game is plotted against difference of score, the fitted curve is approximately a hyperbola. Simulated scores of games obtained by drawing two team scores at random give an average difference in scores of 14.7, considerably less than the actual average difference of 16.7. In 1967 at least, the Southwestern conference and the Big Ten were each composed of teams more closely matched then average pairs of teams. Ivy League teams were more disparately matched than average, and the Pacific Eight and the... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses some cautions concerning the use of change scores. The use of initial scores as a control variable or selection device is a proper and useful statistical technique. The use of change scores to indicate improvement or deterioration of performance is also a proper and useful statistical technique. The simultaneous use of these techniques, however, is neither proper nor useful. Therefore, utilizing variables with equated means and variances most properly indicates the uses and limitations of a particular correlation.

This article focuses on knox cubes as a screening measure of intelligence for Hemparetic patients. The ease of administration of the Knox Cubes Test has led to some speculation that it would be useful as a simple screening device for intelligence in older adult populations. For an aged population, the Knox Cubes would be an appropriate supplementary test of intelligence but they cannot substitute for an individual test of mental ability. As part of a larger study Knox Cube scores were obtained on a left hemiparetic group and a right hemiparetic group, all having suffered cerebral vascular accidents

This article focuses on evidence for the validity of the construct of intraception. The present study has investigated the construct validity of the intraception scale the EPPS by comparing intraception scores of a group in whom the conscious need system represented by intraception was expected to be high with those of a control group. Specifically, it was predicted that undergraduate students intending major in psychology would score higher in intraception than students who had elected other areas for major study.

The frequency distribution of grouped scores of individual teams in U.S. collegiate football games closely follows the negative binomial distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on computed values for Q-sort item factor arrays. J.W. Caeser in his article "An Aid in Calculating Q Sort Factor Arrays," has performed a very useful service to researchers working with the Q-technique by presenting a table of factor weights associated with each loading from give Q-factor solutions. These factor weights were computed by using Spearman's formula, where r is the factor loading for a given person. The aid of a high speed electronic computer made it possible for the author to carry Caeser's efforts one step further by multiplying of these factor weights by a range of raw Q-sort scores.