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Item A study of the relationships found among age, grade, intelligence, school marks and traits of school children of the Plainview public schools for the school year 1928-1929(Texas Tech University, 1929-05) Ballengee, Eugene MarvinNot availableItem An analysis and criticism of the drive theory and drive test of Lipot Szondi(Texas Tech University, 1954-05) Birkman, Edgar SamuelNot availableItem Correlates of academic achievement for Mexican American students(Texas Tech University, 1969-08) Smith, George Worth,Not availableItem Reliability and practice effects on the Luria-Nebraska neuropsychological battery and the Revised Wechsler memory scale(Texas Tech University, 1983-05) Campbell, Brian RossNot availableItem Reliability and practice effects on the Luria-Nebraska neuropsychological battery and the Revised Wechsler memory scale(Texas Tech University, 1983-05) Campbell, Brian RossThis study was designed to examine the reliability of equivalent and parallel forms of two representative neuropsychological tests: the Revised Wechsler Memory Scale (RWMS) created by Elbert W. Russell (1975) and the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LN) developed by Charles J. Golden and his colleagues (Golden, Hammeke, & Purisch, 1978; Golden, Purisch, & Hammeke, 1978, 1979; Lewis, Golden, Moses, Osmon, Purisch, & Hammeke, 1979; Osmon, Golden, Purisch, Hammeke, & Blume, 1979; Purisch, Golden, & Hammeke, 1978). Although studies have been conducted which explore the reliability of Golden's scoring procedure, the split-half reliability of the original form of the battery, and the test-retest reliabilities of the 14 clinical scales, no research has been conducted to cross-validate these results or to examine the reliability of using parallel forms. Information concerning the internal consistency of the Luria-Nebraska, as well as test reliability, standard error(s) of measurement, and practice effects are vitally important for clinicians interested in employing neuropsychological instruments on a repeated basis to evaluate a patient's process of recovery from brain damage. The examination of the reliability of parallel test forms is particularly valuable since this reliability procedure is "the most rigorous" test of the accuracy of an assessment device (Thorndike & Hagen, 1961, p. 178).Item Situating the construction of psychological assessments within technical communication research(2012-05) Loader, Emily; Baake, Ken; Eaton, Angela; Booher, AmandaMental health therapy has taken a sharp turn away from inward-oriented individualistic models. One new model, radical relationality, has not had adequate measurement tools to gauge complex communicative interactions and evaluate patient outcomes. The researcher spent a year on-site at the research location, Greenbrier Academy for Girls, conducting a qualitative and quantitative study to develop a relationality evaluation measure and procedure. Here, the researcher uses the contextual design methodology to trace this relationship-based therapeutic model to uncover assumptions and values necessary for designing appropriate benchmarks. The seven steps of contextual design used here are contextual inquiring, modeling, consolidating, designing, prototyping, testing, and implementing. Inquiry methods included artifact walkthroughs, simulated work-based interviews, and post-observation inquiry. Models are designed to visually display localized work flow, sequence, artifacts, culture, and space. Such ethnographic observation, rhetoric-based research, and qualitative interviews lead to analyzing communication, understanding models, and collaboratively designing the new tool called the Relationality Values Assessment. After prototyping the measurement tool, the researcher conducted a study to test the Relationality Values Assessment in conjunction with a well-established psychological measure called the Youth Outcome Questionnaire. In doing so, the researcher applied statistical analyses to 505 participant responses to assess the Relationality Values Assessment’s reliability and validity. For reliability, the researcher applied an internal consistency estimate, a coefficient alpha called Cronbach’s Alpha, which yielded a 0.973. Furthermore, in looking at both reliability and validity, the researcher applied a Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient to compare the developed Relationality Values Assessment tool against the applicable subscale from the established Youth Outcome Questionnaire psychological measure. The Pearson’s result showed an overall inverse relationship correlation with a coefficient of -0.674. The qualitative and quantitative information gathered and processed helped (1) develop a solution for one location striving to practice and measure the relationality mental health model and (2) provide a base for future research within the broader context of this area of psychology. Within this process, the researcher shows the value of having a historical and rhetorical understanding of the psychological field’s mental health models as well as the location for implementation. The collaborative efforts across fields highlight the contribution that rhetoricians and technical communicators can offer within the psychology field.Item The Minnesota spatial relations test in relation to a hand-skill test, interest inventory areas, an intelligence test, and certain environmental data(Texas Tech University, 1954-08) Hoey, Robert JamesNot availableItem The Texas Tech Relationship Interaction Scale (TTRIS): development of a relationship interaction measure for couples(Texas Tech University, 1998-05) Shumway, Sterling T.The most widely used measures of marital satisfaction are global in nature, relying on a heterogeneous mix of items that measure both behavior and satisfaction. Mixing behavior and satisfaction presents problems in that satisfaction scores provide no specific information regarding particular behaviors. When behavioral information is obtained, it is confounded with satisfaction responses. The goal of this dissertation was to develop an instrument (Texas Tech Relationship Interaction Scale; TTRIS) that allows for the measurement of partnership behaviors. The TTRIS is a 36-item instrument with 6 scales representing important relationship behaviors:(1) Salutary Recognition, (2) Ego-Building Comments, (3) Expanding Shared Memories, (4) Exciting Activities, (5) Feedback, and (6) Small-Talk.Item Validity and reliability estimates of the interpersonal relationship scale(Texas Tech University, 1976-08) Kratzke, Jeanette KayThe study reports on the refinement of the Interpersonal Relationship Scale, a new semantic differential measure for assessing interpersonal relationship adjustment. The 120 item scale was designed for use in marital and other dyadic relationships. Despite widespread criticism of the concept of adjustment, the study proceeds from the position that a new measure which is theoretically grounded, relevant, valid, and reliable is necessary since marital and other relationships continue to be researched. In this study, predictive, content, concurrent, and construct validity as well as high scale reliability is reported utilizing a sample of 94 counseling and non-counseling subjects. It is concluded that the IRS is instrumental in assessing interpersonal relationship adjustment, but some methodological issues still remain unresolved.