Ronald G Downey
Biographic Data
| ID | 1607444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald G Downey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald G |
| FAMILY NAME | Downey |
| SIGNATURE | DOWNEY R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Job engagement in organizations: Fad, fashion, or folderol
Engagement, broadly defined as involvement, satisfaction, and enthusiasm, is widely used by organizations and consultants for improving retention. However, engagement fails to meet many of the common criteria for positive organizational practice, i.e. theoretical, valid, unique, state‐like, and positive. With attention to these criteria, engagement may useful to management. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
K-State Problem Identification Rating Scales for College Students
The K-State Problem Identification Rating Scales, a new screening instrument for college counseling centers, gathers information about clients’ presenting symptoms, functioning levels, and readiness to change. Three studies revealed 7 scales: Mood Difficulties. Learning Problems, Food Concerns, Interpersonal Conflicts. Career Uncertainties, Self-Harm Indicators, and Substance/Addiction Issues
The Original MMPI and Colligan Norms Revisited
Norms developed by Colligan, Osborne, Swenson, and Offord (1983) and others at the Mayo Clinic for the MMPI overcome criticisms that the MMPI is not useful in 2003 and representative. This study ascertained the classification of MMPI profiles of clinicians. Mayo Clinic norms are warranted in view of the similar classifications made using both methods based on the same MMPI data
Is the Demise of the Original Mmpi Premature
Satisfaction at last job and unemployment: A new look
Based on interview studies, the unemployment literature suggests that last job satisfaction influences reactions to unemployment. This study assessed the quantitative relationship between last job satisfaction and the unemployment experience. Results do not support the literature's premise that high last job satisfaction predicts a negative reaction to unemployment. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
The Changing Face of MMPI Practice
To assess the status of changing MMPI practice a questionnaire was sent by mail to 368 licensed psychologists in Kansas with a 40% response rate (N = 147). The modal respondent had 14.2 yr. of experience. Virtually all reported that they currently used the MMPI: 37.0% reported using the MMPI, 80.1% MMPI-2, and 40.4% MMPI-A. A majority (67.6%) used computerized scoring with local scoring used by three out of four respondents. Computerized administ…
Missing Data in Likert Ratings: A Comparison of Replacement Methods
The effects of using two methods (item mean and person mean) for replacing missing data in Likert scales were studied. The results showed that both methods were good representations of the original data when both the number of respondents with missing data and the number of items missing were 20% or less. As the numbers of missing items and of respondents with missing data increased for the person mean substitution method, a spurious increase in …
Food preferences in daily life: Cognitive, affective and social predictors
Based on prior research showing that a food cognition model employing the evaluative dimensions of pleasure/taste, health and convenience could significantly predict preferences for a representative list of hypothetical meals, the present study demonstrates that the model can effectively predict preferences for recent meals actually consumed. A total of 269 males (N = 122) and females (N = 147), ranging in age from 14 to 83 years, each evaluated …
The Woodcock-Johnson Revised-Its Factor Structure
Data from the manual for the Woodcock-Johnson Revised Achievement Tests (WJ-R) were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis. Two highly correlated oblique factors were found rather than the multi-factor structure posited by the test authors. The major factor, use and comprehension of language, may represent general intelligence. The second factor, number skill, was relatively small. The use of discrepancies among WJ-R scores and between them …
Salary Compression in Faculty Salaries: Identification of a Suppressor Effect
Typically, regression approaches have been used to study salary equity problems. In a university salary prediction study, one of the predictor variables that entered the equation was years of service. Although this variable had only a very low correlation with salary, it made a significant contribution to predicting salary levels. An analysis of number of years of service revealed that it was acting as a negative suppressor. This suppressor effec…
Gender and Age Differences in Food Cognition
Reasons for eating: An exploratory cognitive analysis
Although a great deal is known about what people eat and the demographic and life style factors associated with food habits, relatively little systematic work has been done to investigate why people choose various foods. The present study describes a common‐sense approach to this question. Based on a series of free‐ranging exploratory interviews, a questionnaire that asked persons to rate 35 menu meals and snacks in terms of four scales; pleasure…
Convergence and Divergence of Clinical Memory Tests
Although there are many methods used to measure memory, there is surprisingly little agreement as to the validity of these measures. This study was designed to assess the convergent and divergent validity of several different memory measures. 60 college students served as subjects in the study. A moderate degree of convergent validity was found for the memory scales. A principal component analysis gave two major factors, memory for verbal and non…
Computer Programs to Compute Lord's Item Bias Statistic for a Three-Parameter ICC
Lord (1980) has suggested a method for detecting subgroup bias at the item level. When a three parameter ICC model is used, a chi square statistic is computed on the multivariate differences between the parameter estimates of item discrimination and difficulty (the guessing parameter is held constant). LOGIST is a program to compute the parameter estimates but it does not contain procedures for calculating the chi square statistic. A series of pr…
Development of the College Descriptive Index: A Measure of Student Satisfaction
This study details the development of a multidimensional measure of students' satisfaction with their college experience. The eight scale dimensions of the College Descriptive Index were found to be generally independent and displayed acceptable levels of reliability. A moderate degree of construct validity was also found. Suggestions for future research and applications are discussed
Intraclass correlations: There's more there than meets the eye
A Life-Change Measure as a Screening Device for Psychological Services among Three Collegiate Groups
The present study was designed to determine if a life-change measure would differentiate users of counseling services and mental health services from a control group not receiving psychological services. 472 subjects' life-change scores were the number of events checked on the Collegiate Life Change Questionnaire. One-way analyses of variance were calculated for each life-change score (total, positive, and negative) for three groups. For the Tota…
Rating the ratings: Assessing the psychometric quality of rating data
Reviews research that is concerned with evaluating the psychometric qualities of data in the form of ratings (rating errors) and that has been plagued with conceptual and operational confusion and inconsistency. Following a brief historical survey, inconsistencies in definitions, quantifications, and methodologies are documented in a review of more than 20 relevant articles published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and H…
Are women peers
Leadership potential was studied as a function of the sex of the rater and/or ratee. Data collected on a sample of ten female and 30 male Army officers included peer ratings, self‐ratings, and achievement and attitude measures. Males and females evaluated female peers significantly lower than male peers on leadership potential. Also, females evaluated themselves lower on self‐ratings of leadership potential, as well as scoring lower on some achie…
Missing Data in Likert Ratings: A Comparison of Replacement Methods
The effects of using two methods (item mean and person mean) for replacing missing data in Likert scales were studied. The results showed that both methods were good representations of the original data when both the number of respondents with missing data and the number of items missing were 20% or less. As the numbers of missing items and of respondents with missing data increased for the person mean substitution method, a spurious increase in …
Gender and Age Differences in Food Cognition
Rating the ratings: Assessing the psychometric quality of rating data
Reviews research that is concerned with evaluating the psychometric qualities of data in the form of ratings (rating errors) and that has been plagued with conceptual and operational confusion and inconsistency. Following a brief historical survey, inconsistencies in definitions, quantifications, and methodologies are documented in a review of more than 20 relevant articles published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and H…
Job engagement in organizations: Fad, fashion, or folderol
Engagement, broadly defined as involvement, satisfaction, and enthusiasm, is widely used by organizations and consultants for improving retention. However, engagement fails to meet many of the common criteria for positive organizational practice, i.e. theoretical, valid, unique, state‐like, and positive. With attention to these criteria, engagement may useful to management. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Intraclass correlations: There's more there than meets the eye
K-State Problem Identification Rating Scales for College Students
The K-State Problem Identification Rating Scales, a new screening instrument for college counseling centers, gathers information about clients’ presenting symptoms, functioning levels, and readiness to change. Three studies revealed 7 scales: Mood Difficulties. Learning Problems, Food Concerns, Interpersonal Conflicts. Career Uncertainties, Self-Harm Indicators, and Substance/Addiction Issues
Are women peers
Leadership potential was studied as a function of the sex of the rater and/or ratee. Data collected on a sample of ten female and 30 male Army officers included peer ratings, self‐ratings, and achievement and attitude measures. Males and females evaluated female peers significantly lower than male peers on leadership potential. Also, females evaluated themselves lower on self‐ratings of leadership potential, as well as scoring lower on some achie…
A Life-Change Measure as a Screening Device for Psychological Services among Three Collegiate Groups
The present study was designed to determine if a life-change measure would differentiate users of counseling services and mental health services from a control group not receiving psychological services. 472 subjects' life-change scores were the number of events checked on the Collegiate Life Change Questionnaire. One-way analyses of variance were calculated for each life-change score (total, positive, and negative) for three groups. For the Tota…
Rating the ratings: Assessing the psychometric quality of rating data
Reviews research that is concerned with evaluating the psychometric qualities of data in the form of ratings (rating errors) and that has been plagued with conceptual and operational confusion and inconsistency. Following a brief historical survey, inconsistencies in definitions, quantifications, and methodologies are documented in a review of more than 20 relevant articles published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and H…
Intraclass correlations: There's more there than meets the eye
Development of the College Descriptive Index: A Measure of Student Satisfaction
This study details the development of a multidimensional measure of students' satisfaction with their college experience. The eight scale dimensions of the College Descriptive Index were found to be generally independent and displayed acceptable levels of reliability. A moderate degree of construct validity was also found. Suggestions for future research and applications are discussed
Computer Programs to Compute Lord's Item Bias Statistic for a Three-Parameter ICC
Lord (1980) has suggested a method for detecting subgroup bias at the item level. When a three parameter ICC model is used, a chi square statistic is computed on the multivariate differences between the parameter estimates of item discrimination and difficulty (the guessing parameter is held constant). LOGIST is a program to compute the parameter estimates but it does not contain procedures for calculating the chi square statistic. A series of pr…
Convergence and Divergence of Clinical Memory Tests
Although there are many methods used to measure memory, there is surprisingly little agreement as to the validity of these measures. This study was designed to assess the convergent and divergent validity of several different memory measures. 60 college students served as subjects in the study. A moderate degree of convergent validity was found for the memory scales. A principal component analysis gave two major factors, memory for verbal and non…
Reasons for eating: An exploratory cognitive analysis
Although a great deal is known about what people eat and the demographic and life style factors associated with food habits, relatively little systematic work has been done to investigate why people choose various foods. The present study describes a common‐sense approach to this question. Based on a series of free‐ranging exploratory interviews, a questionnaire that asked persons to rate 35 menu meals and snacks in terms of four scales; pleasure…
The Woodcock-Johnson Revised-Its Factor Structure
Data from the manual for the Woodcock-Johnson Revised Achievement Tests (WJ-R) were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis. Two highly correlated oblique factors were found rather than the multi-factor structure posited by the test authors. The major factor, use and comprehension of language, may represent general intelligence. The second factor, number skill, was relatively small. The use of discrepancies among WJ-R scores and between them …
Salary Compression in Faculty Salaries: Identification of a Suppressor Effect
Typically, regression approaches have been used to study salary equity problems. In a university salary prediction study, one of the predictor variables that entered the equation was years of service. Although this variable had only a very low correlation with salary, it made a significant contribution to predicting salary levels. An analysis of number of years of service revealed that it was acting as a negative suppressor. This suppressor effec…
Gender and Age Differences in Food Cognition
Food preferences in daily life: Cognitive, affective and social predictors
Based on prior research showing that a food cognition model employing the evaluative dimensions of pleasure/taste, health and convenience could significantly predict preferences for a representative list of hypothetical meals, the present study demonstrates that the model can effectively predict preferences for recent meals actually consumed. A total of 269 males (N = 122) and females (N = 147), ranging in age from 14 to 83 years, each evaluated …
The Changing Face of MMPI Practice
To assess the status of changing MMPI practice a questionnaire was sent by mail to 368 licensed psychologists in Kansas with a 40% response rate (N = 147). The modal respondent had 14.2 yr. of experience. Virtually all reported that they currently used the MMPI: 37.0% reported using the MMPI, 80.1% MMPI-2, and 40.4% MMPI-A. A majority (67.6%) used computerized scoring with local scoring used by three out of four respondents. Computerized administ…
Missing Data in Likert Ratings: A Comparison of Replacement Methods
The effects of using two methods (item mean and person mean) for replacing missing data in Likert scales were studied. The results showed that both methods were good representations of the original data when both the number of respondents with missing data and the number of items missing were 20% or less. As the numbers of missing items and of respondents with missing data increased for the person mean substitution method, a spurious increase in …
Is the Demise of the Original Mmpi Premature
Satisfaction at last job and unemployment: A new look
Based on interview studies, the unemployment literature suggests that last job satisfaction influences reactions to unemployment. This study assessed the quantitative relationship between last job satisfaction and the unemployment experience. Results do not support the literature's premise that high last job satisfaction predicts a negative reaction to unemployment. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
The Original MMPI and Colligan Norms Revisited
Norms developed by Colligan, Osborne, Swenson, and Offord (1983) and others at the Mayo Clinic for the MMPI overcome criticisms that the MMPI is not useful in 2003 and representative. This study ascertained the classification of MMPI profiles of clinicians. Mayo Clinic norms are warranted in view of the similar classifications made using both methods based on the same MMPI data
K-State Problem Identification Rating Scales for College Students
The K-State Problem Identification Rating Scales, a new screening instrument for college counseling centers, gathers information about clients’ presenting symptoms, functioning levels, and readiness to change. Three studies revealed 7 scales: Mood Difficulties. Learning Problems, Food Concerns, Interpersonal Conflicts. Career Uncertainties, Self-Harm Indicators, and Substance/Addiction Issues
Job engagement in organizations: Fad, fashion, or folderol
Engagement, broadly defined as involvement, satisfaction, and enthusiasm, is widely used by organizations and consultants for improving retention. However, engagement fails to meet many of the common criteria for positive organizational practice, i.e. theoretical, valid, unique, state‐like, and positive. With attention to these criteria, engagement may useful to management. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Statistics (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (5 works)