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A Mixed-Methods Comparison Of Vocational And Indentified-Gifted High School Students On The Overexcitability Questionnaire (Qeq), Jane Piirto, John Fraas Dec 2011

A Mixed-Methods Comparison Of Vocational And Indentified-Gifted High School Students On The Overexcitability Questionnaire (Qeq), Jane Piirto, John Fraas

John W. Fraas

Two groups of adolescents (N = 114), 61 identified-gifted adolescents (M = 22, F = 39) and 51 vocational school adolescents (M = 27, F = 26), were compared on the Overexcitability Questionnaire. Each of the five Overexcitability (OE) scores—Psychomotor, Sensual, Imaginational, Intellectual, and Emotional—was subjected to a two-way ANOVA by classification and gender. Any statistically significant interaction effect was further analyzed by testing the group means with six two-group comparison tests. The analyses produced the following results: (a) Differences among the Psychomotor, Sensual, and Emotional OE means were not statistically significant, and (b) the Imaginational and Intellectual OE means …


A Binomial Test Of Model Fit, John Fraas, Isadore Newman Mar 1992

A Binomial Test Of Model Fit, John Fraas, Isadore Newman

John W. Fraas

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Kindergarten Screening Scores To Identify The Need For Reading Intervention: A Logit Regression Study, Jayn Crail, John Fraas Sep 1991

The Use Of Kindergarten Screening Scores To Identify The Need For Reading Intervention: A Logit Regression Study, Jayn Crail, John Fraas

John W. Fraas

No abstract provided.


Stress And Educational Administration: Variations In Stress Factors Across Administrative Levels, Cynthia R. Frick, John Fraas Sep 1990

Stress And Educational Administration: Variations In Stress Factors Across Administrative Levels, Cynthia R. Frick, John Fraas

John W. Fraas

No abstract provided.


Kindergarten Screening Test: Does It Predict Academic Achievement, John Fraas, D Scott Aronholt, Bettilu Fraas Sep 1990

Kindergarten Screening Test: Does It Predict Academic Achievement, John Fraas, D Scott Aronholt, Bettilu Fraas

John W. Fraas

No abstract provided.


Student Perceptions Of The Relative Importance Of Selected Attributes Of An Institution Of Higher Education: A Conjoint Approach, John Fraas, Ronald Paugh Sep 1989

Student Perceptions Of The Relative Importance Of Selected Attributes Of An Institution Of Higher Education: A Conjoint Approach, John Fraas, Ronald Paugh

John W. Fraas

A study investigated the relative importance of certain college attributes to the freshmen of Ashland University, a small, private university in Ohio. Five institutional characteristics were examined: availability and variety of financial aid, dorm life (living conditions and food quality), quality of education (quality of teaching, career relevance of the curriculum, and overall institutional reputation), student-faculty relationships and interaction (availability of faculty to students, faculty promotion of student development, and degree of faculty advice given to students on personal as well as academic matters), and campus social life.


Conjoint Analysis: A Study Of The Effects Of Using Person Variables, John Fraas, Isadore Newman Sep 1989

Conjoint Analysis: A Study Of The Effects Of Using Person Variables, John Fraas, Isadore Newman

John W. Fraas

Three statistical techniques -- conjoint analysis, a multiple linear regression model, and a multiple linear regression model with a surrogate person variable -- were used to estimate the relative importance of five university attributes for students in the process of selecting a college