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Recreation Needs Of Pre-Adolescent Girls In Selected Public Schools, Michael Aune
Recreation Needs Of Pre-Adolescent Girls In Selected Public Schools, Michael Aune
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
There was a need to determine the recreation needs of girls in the pre-adolescent age range of nine through fourteen years old so that municipal recreation professionals may program activities to meet the desires of this specific population. In order to do this, a testing instrument was developed. The test, a recreation preference schedule, used closed questions exclusively, unlike many of the available checklist surveys. The recreation preference schedule was modeled after the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule that was used in counseling. The new test, containing one hundred questions, utilized ten recreation activity categories. It was checked for reliability and …
A Psychometric Comparison Between Inhouse Versus Externally Developed Retranslation Scales, David Peak
A Psychometric Comparison Between Inhouse Versus Externally Developed Retranslation Scales, David Peak
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Using a Behavioral Expectation Scale (BES) format borrowed from the psychology department at the University of California – Berkeley and a BES form developed in and for a Southeastern university psychology department, students’ evaluations of their professors’ teaching performance were examined for interrater reliability, leniency error, variability and discriminability. Results indicate that neither form was psychometrically sound at the Southeastern university. Problems in obtaining sound ratings for the BES form were discussed.