Interpreting other-sex scores on the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory.

To promote understanding of other-sex scores on the new Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, correlations between occupational scales common to both forms of the old Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) with "masculinity" of interests were studied in a sample of 116 female counseling clients. Differences in mean scores for scales appearing on both SVIB forms were highly related to the masculinity of interests of the people in those occupations, compared to others of the same sex. Recommendations are included for using Masculinity-Femininity scores to guide clients with high scores on occupational scales normed on the other sex. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The stability of soybean oil: Effect of time and temperature on deodorization

A comparison of the flavor and oxidative stability of soybean oil deodorized at different temperatures for different periods of time was studied using laboratory deodorized oil. Flavor and oxidative tests were in good agreement and showed that some combinations of time and temperature of deodorization gave significantly more flavor stable oils than others. Presented at the AOCS Meeting, Cincinnati, October 1965. No. Utiliz. Res. Dev. Div., ARS, USDA.     

Effect of teacher, student, and class characteristics on the evaluation of college instructors.

Investigated whether student evaluations of faculty would be affected by the characteristics of the teacher, the student, and the class. Each instructor at a single university was asked to answer questions indicating personal warmth, professorial rank, years of teaching experience, sex, and class size. Students in 174 classes were asked to complete the Instructional Improvement Questionnaire (IIQ). The 20 questions on the IIQ that directly evaluate instructor performance were analyzed. Only the results for the 1st set of canonical functions are presented. An instructor who received high scores on this canonical function would be rated as encouraging student participation in the course, showing an interest in students, knowing when students understood her or him, being available to students, increasing appreciation for the course, and accepting criticism and suggestions. The classes that received high values on this function were small in size, were taught by instructors who rated themselves as warm, and had students that expected high grades. (21 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Female criminal violence and differential MMPI characteristics.

Used a cross-validational approach to compare MMPI scale elevations and profile patterns produced by 22 female murderers and 40 female nonviolent offenders in 2 geographic regions. Ss did not differ between groups in race distribution, age, education, age at or months served on current offense, total time incarcerated, or intellectual level. Ss also completed the Shipley-Institute of Living Scale for Measuring Intellectual Impairment and the Raven Progressive Matrices. Murderers from both prison sources produced subdued group mean profiles, whereas nonviolent offenders were characterized by elevations on Scale 4. Discriminant function classification was highly dependent on scores on Scales 4, 5, K, and A and correctly identified 82% of violent and 78% of nonviolent offenders. A principal-components analysis yielded 5 components of profile types, but only the component defined by high positive loadings for Scale 4 differentiated between the groups. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Falling household size and its effect on metropolitan population growth and density

In determining metropolitan population size and changes therein, urban theorists traditionally have focused on the number of occupied dwelling units or households and have assumed that these households are equal in size. This paper argues that average household size is an indicator of how intensively the housing stock is utilized and that there is substantial variation in household size across SMSAs in the U.S. The experience of 150 SMSAs is examined for the time period 1960 to 1970. The study model attributes varying household size to differentials in birth and divorce rates, racial composition and age of housing. Ramifications of recent household size declines involve the internal spatial organization of metropolitan areas and the Census controversy with cities over alleged undercounts of urban populations.     

Evaluation of low-temperature coal tars by a rapid,detailed assay based on chromatography

A rapid, detailed assay, based largely on both liquid and gas chromatography, was developed for low-temperature coal tars. With the use of this assay, the pounds per ton of coal of various compounds of commercial interest could be determined, thus supplying the information needed for an economic evaluation of the tars and the carbonisation processes. The amounts of about 100 individual compounds of several classes were involved, including light oil components, tar acids and bases, and neutral-oil components such as naphthalenes and straight-chain paraffins and olefins, and the total amounts of these classes in the entire tar. The results for six different tars from the same coal were chosen as examples.