Shlomo S Sawilowsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 1121128 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shlomo S Sawilowsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shlomo S |
| FAMILY NAME | Sawilowsky |
| SIGNATURE | SAWILOWSKY S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wayne State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Integrating the arts into head start classrooms produces positive impacts on kindergarten readiness
Belonging in the Academy
This action research study, supported by a quantitative data analysis, presents a counternarrative to the deficit discourse regarding Latino/a First Time in Any College (FTIAC) departure during the first year of college. It argues that an intentional learning community model, that is culturally and linguistically responsive to Latino/a student needs, can produce significant gains in first- to second-year retention rates and better predicts retent…
Statistical Reanalysis of Jewish Priests’ and Non-Priests’ Haplotypes Using Exact Methods
Researchers in an article appearing in Nature used asymptotic (i.e., large sample) chi-square tests in analyzing haplotypes of Y chromosomes using the polymerase chain reaction applied to genomic DNA from male Israeli, North American, and British Jews. The use of classical methods for analyzing extremely sparse contingency tables is frequently done, but with the advent of statistical software capable of conducting exact tests, researchers should …
New Effect Size Rules of Thumb
Recommendations to expand Cohen’s (1988) rules of thumb for interpreting effect sizes are given to include very small, very large, and huge effect sizes. The reasons for the expansion, and implications for designing Monte Carlo studies, are discussed.
Gender and Gender-Role Orientation Differences on Adolescents' Coping with Peer Stressors
A Quick Distribution-Free Test for Trend That Contributes Evidence of Construct Validity
A quick distribution-free test that contributes evidence of construct validity from D. T. Campbell and D. W. Fisk's (1959) Multitrait—Multimethod Matrix is presented. The procedure is carried by reducing the heterotrait—heteromethod and heterotrait—monomethod triangles and the validity and reliability diagonals into a matrix of 4 levels containing the minimum, median, and maximum values. The null hypothesis states that the values are unordered, w…
Reliability
Thompson and Vacha-Haase (in this issue) examined the statement “ the reliability of the test” with emphasis on the following three words: (a) the first “the,” (b) “test,” and (c) the second “the.” I focus instead on the word reliability
Measurement of Influence of the Teacher's Personality on Students in the Classroom
The focus of this research is the assessment of pedagogical interaction as a dimension of the learning environment through the personal representation of a teacher in the student's personality, and the assessment of the nature and extent to which teachers are involved in changes of interpersonal dimensions of their student's personality. This was examined by the assessment of the shift in egograms of a teacher's students, as measured by the Inter…
The Protective Style Questionnaire
Crocker and Major (1989) hypothesized three mechanisms by which members of stigmatized groups may protect self-esteem. The mechanisms are: a) ingroup social comparisons, b) valuing/devaluing performance selectively, and c) racial prejudice. We provide a test of Crocker and Major's hypothesized mechanisms with the development of the Protective Style Questionnaire which was administered to a sample of 78 African-American adolescents. Evidence of hi…
Unplanned Imparting of Teachers' Personalities to Students in a Russian School
This study examined unplanned imparting of teachers' personalities to their students in the classroom. A check list was administered to 300 students in a Russian school before and after a class period. Analysis of their self-perceptions obtained by self-reported egograms indicated changes on this measure of their Parent, Adult, and Child ego states
Comparison of Self-Esteem Scores
The Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory was administered to 112 African American adolescents who were academically at-risk for dropping out of high school. Results were similar to those of a previous study comparing a heterogeneous group of 100 American adolescents with 100 youths from India. Differences on scores of self-esteem for the two international groups were noted
Attributional Style of African-American Adolescents
This study ascertains how positive and negative life events are viewed by stigmatized youngsters. The causal attributions of a sample of 139 at-risk African American adolescents are analyzed in a doubly multivariate repeated measures design. These students were participants in either the federally funded Summer Training and Education Program or the Student Academic and Leadership Enhancement Program funded by the Detroit Compact. Previous researc…
Externalization as a Self-Protective Mechanism in a Stigmatized Group
The Nowicki-Strickland measure of internal-external locus of control was administered to 110 African-American adolescents. Analysis indicated high externalization, even though these students had a higher than average self-concept
A more realistic look at the robustness and Type II error properties of the t test to departures from population normality
The Type I and II error properties of the t test were evaluated by means of a Monte Carlo study that sampled 8 real distribution shapes identified by Micceri (1986, 1989) as being representative of types encountered in psychology and education research
Multidimensional Differences Between Adolescent Substance Abusers and Users
High-school-aged adolescents responded to a 48-item survey about their substance use. From an original sample of 190 respondents, groups were created through consequence variables (e.g., school, family, medical, and legal problems) into abuse (n = 41) and use (n = 115) categories. Variables were organized along multidimensional lines: stimulus (e.g., frequency of substance use, use in school), organismic (e.g., age, grade), and response (e.g., dr…
Gender and Gender-Role Orientation Differences on Adolescents' Coping with Peer Stressors
A more realistic look at the robustness and Type II error properties of the t test to departures from population normality
The Type I and II error properties of the t test were evaluated by means of a Monte Carlo study that sampled 8 real distribution shapes identified by Micceri (1986, 1989) as being representative of types encountered in psychology and education research
Integrating the arts into head start classrooms produces positive impacts on kindergarten readiness
Belonging in the Academy
This action research study, supported by a quantitative data analysis, presents a counternarrative to the deficit discourse regarding Latino/a First Time in Any College (FTIAC) departure during the first year of college. It argues that an intentional learning community model, that is culturally and linguistically responsive to Latino/a student needs, can produce significant gains in first- to second-year retention rates and better predicts retent…
Multidimensional Differences Between Adolescent Substance Abusers and Users
High-school-aged adolescents responded to a 48-item survey about their substance use. From an original sample of 190 respondents, groups were created through consequence variables (e.g., school, family, medical, and legal problems) into abuse (n = 41) and use (n = 115) categories. Variables were organized along multidimensional lines: stimulus (e.g., frequency of substance use, use in school), organismic (e.g., age, grade), and response (e.g., dr…
Externalization as a Self-Protective Mechanism in a Stigmatized Group
The Nowicki-Strickland measure of internal-external locus of control was administered to 110 African-American adolescents. Analysis indicated high externalization, even though these students had a higher than average self-concept
A more realistic look at the robustness and Type II error properties of the t test to departures from population normality
The Type I and II error properties of the t test were evaluated by means of a Monte Carlo study that sampled 8 real distribution shapes identified by Micceri (1986, 1989) as being representative of types encountered in psychology and education research
Attributional Style of African-American Adolescents
This study ascertains how positive and negative life events are viewed by stigmatized youngsters. The causal attributions of a sample of 139 at-risk African American adolescents are analyzed in a doubly multivariate repeated measures design. These students were participants in either the federally funded Summer Training and Education Program or the Student Academic and Leadership Enhancement Program funded by the Detroit Compact. Previous researc…
Comparison of Self-Esteem Scores
The Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory was administered to 112 African American adolescents who were academically at-risk for dropping out of high school. Results were similar to those of a previous study comparing a heterogeneous group of 100 American adolescents with 100 youths from India. Differences on scores of self-esteem for the two international groups were noted
Unplanned Imparting of Teachers' Personalities to Students in a Russian School
This study examined unplanned imparting of teachers' personalities to their students in the classroom. A check list was administered to 300 students in a Russian school before and after a class period. Analysis of their self-perceptions obtained by self-reported egograms indicated changes on this measure of their Parent, Adult, and Child ego states
The Protective Style Questionnaire
Crocker and Major (1989) hypothesized three mechanisms by which members of stigmatized groups may protect self-esteem. The mechanisms are: a) ingroup social comparisons, b) valuing/devaluing performance selectively, and c) racial prejudice. We provide a test of Crocker and Major's hypothesized mechanisms with the development of the Protective Style Questionnaire which was administered to a sample of 78 African-American adolescents. Evidence of hi…
Measurement of Influence of the Teacher's Personality on Students in the Classroom
The focus of this research is the assessment of pedagogical interaction as a dimension of the learning environment through the personal representation of a teacher in the student's personality, and the assessment of the nature and extent to which teachers are involved in changes of interpersonal dimensions of their student's personality. This was examined by the assessment of the shift in egograms of a teacher's students, as measured by the Inter…
Reliability
Thompson and Vacha-Haase (in this issue) examined the statement “ the reliability of the test” with emphasis on the following three words: (a) the first “the,” (b) “test,” and (c) the second “the.” I focus instead on the word reliability
A Quick Distribution-Free Test for Trend That Contributes Evidence of Construct Validity
A quick distribution-free test that contributes evidence of construct validity from D. T. Campbell and D. W. Fisk's (1959) Multitrait—Multimethod Matrix is presented. The procedure is carried by reducing the heterotrait—heteromethod and heterotrait—monomethod triangles and the validity and reliability diagonals into a matrix of 4 levels containing the minimum, median, and maximum values. The null hypothesis states that the values are unordered, w…
Gender and Gender-Role Orientation Differences on Adolescents' Coping with Peer Stressors
New Effect Size Rules of Thumb
Recommendations to expand Cohen’s (1988) rules of thumb for interpreting effect sizes are given to include very small, very large, and huge effect sizes. The reasons for the expansion, and implications for designing Monte Carlo studies, are discussed.
Statistical Reanalysis of Jewish Priests’ and Non-Priests’ Haplotypes Using Exact Methods
Researchers in an article appearing in Nature used asymptotic (i.e., large sample) chi-square tests in analyzing haplotypes of Y chromosomes using the polymerase chain reaction applied to genomic DNA from male Israeli, North American, and British Jews. The use of classical methods for analyzing extremely sparse contingency tables is frequently done, but with the advent of statistical software capable of conducting exact tests, researchers should …
Belonging in the Academy
This action research study, supported by a quantitative data analysis, presents a counternarrative to the deficit discourse regarding Latino/a First Time in Any College (FTIAC) departure during the first year of college. It argues that an intentional learning community model, that is culturally and linguistically responsive to Latino/a student needs, can produce significant gains in first- to second-year retention rates and better predicts retent…
Integrating the arts into head start classrooms produces positive impacts on kindergarten readiness
Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Statistics (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Econometrics (3 works)