The following research questions were investigated: (a) Can the age-mates scales from the Dales developmental task scales be used with southwestern-urban adolescent populations? (b) Are there any systematic differences between northeastern-nonurban and southwestern-urban subject populations on the response to these scales? The subjects consisted of 884 adolescents, 11 through 15 years, evenly divided by sex. Subject responses were analyzed by sex and age groups using Guttman scalogram analysis. Goodman's test of significance revealed that the results could have occurred by chance (p > .05). The instrument in its present form was not found useful'-for an urban population. Lack of reproducibility made comparison of the performance of urban and nonurban adolescents unjustified.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504030 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Barton, John W. |
| Contributors | Gabet, Yvonne H., Wilborn, Bobbie L., Sininger, Rollin Albert |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 49 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Barton, John W., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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