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A Study Of The Comparison Of Interests Of Social Science Majors With The Interests Of Other Adults As Measured By The Kuder Preference Record, James E. Comer Jr.

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This study was undertaken to compare the interests of social science majors with the interests of other adults based on data gathered from a survey of male students of Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. A differentiation between preferences of social science majors and those of the general population was made using Fisher's discriminant function.

A group of 121 social science majors were tested by means of a special mailing form (Form C) of the Ruder Preference Record. Sixty-two valid returns were used in this study.

The mean raw scores of the Social Science Majors tended to show a pattern …

The Relationship Of Month Of Birth To Intelligence, Joseph George Bosco

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of month of birth to intelligence through scores made on C. L. Thurstoneis American Council on Education Psychological Examination by the entering freshmen of Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. Through statistical analysis, the observed differences in means for months were found to be statistically significant, and the differences present probably due to factors other than chance. In the sample used, June was the most favorable month of birth and the seasons of moderate temperature seemed more favorable for birth than seasons of extreme temperature. An analysis of related studies …