"The beginning of this study took place in the classroom of a retarded pupil group. When the teacher arranged the roll, she noticed an unusual distribution of names according to the alphabet. There were so few names in the upper letter brackets, compared with rolls of other classes she had taught, that she began to note the recurrence of this situation in later experience. With a somewhat biased and unscientific attitude she continued to look for evidence that there might be a relation between success in school and the place of a pupil's name on the class roll. When the subject was chosen for research study, however, it became apparent that such guesswork was pitiably weak framework on which to build statistical inference. Attempts to find an example of a normal distribution of names by alphabetical listings met with repeated failure until near the end of the research period. That approach failing, a questionnaire was devised"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August 7, 1951." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: H. L. Waskom, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-38).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_257404 |
| Contributors | McManaman, Dorothy Moore (authoraut), Waskom, Hugh L. (professor directing thesis.), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (iv, 38 leaves), computer, application/pdf |
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