The Ipsative Process to Reduce Response Set Bias

Researchers who gather data from several different groups arefrequently faced with the problem of response set bias. Thispaper discusses the ipsative process, a technique which canreduce systematic response bias which exists between groupsin a study. The usefulness of the ipsative process is illustratedon cross-cultural research findings gathered in four countries     

Guidance Fifty Years Ago

The New York Personnel and Guidance Association recently presented its annual award to Robert Hoppock, Professor of Education, New York University. In accepting the award Dr. Hoppock recalled his own experiences as a young person seeking vocational guidance in the days when professional counselors were rare. Excerpts from his address are printed here because of their historical interest.     

AN ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY DIFFERENTIALS IN MALE-FEMALE ACADEMIC PLACEMENTS

This paper attempts to determine if a significant differential existed in the quality of the academic placements of male and female economists for the period 1960 to 1974, and examines the factors at work in such placements. Several reduced form equations of a formal three equation model of the hiring process in the academic labor market are estimated by ordinary least squares regression analysis. The analysis indicates that males had a 22.2 percent advantage in placement quality over women for the period and most of this can be attributed to some form of discrimination.     

MOTIVES AND MODES OF INTERNAL MIGRATION: RELOCATION IN A CANADIAN CITY*

Le phénomène de la migration interne au Canada est considéré comme un facteur important en ce qui a trait à de nombreux aspects de l'organisation sociale. Un échantillon de 453 migrants a fourni des données concernant leurs caracteristiques, les motifs pour lesquels ils se deplacent et l'importance de différents types de relationsà l'endroit de destination. Dans le cadre d'une nouvelle methode touchant à localiser les migrants, on à interrogé les nouveaux arrivés concernant les raisons pour lesquelles ils se sont deplaces ainsi que les expériences vécues au cours de cette période de relocalisation à l'endroit de destination. Bien que leurs réponses aient permis de corroborer l'exactitude de plusieurs tendances décelées au cows de recherches antérieures, il n'en demeure pas moins qu'une analyse approfondie des données a laké entrevoir deux points quelque peu différents. La majorité des gens se déplacent sous certaines auspices et il semble que l'existence et la nature d'un réseau de “relations”à l'endroit de destination influencent la façon dont les nouveaux arrivés se comportent face au déplacement et à la relocalisation. Continuing migration within Canada is seen as an important factor for many aspects of social organization. A sample of 453 internal migrants provides data on the characteristics of migrants, their reasons for moving, and the effects of having different types of connections in the receiving community. By utilizing a new approach to locating migrants, very recent migrants were interviewed about their reasons for moving and their experiences in relocating in the target area. While several patterns established through previous research are corroborated, two apparently discrepant findings appear. These are explained when analysis of the data is refined. Most migrants are found to move under some auspices. The availability and nature of a network of local connections are found to affect the ways in which migrants deal with moving and relocating.