D A Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3606621 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D A Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | D A |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER D A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The socioeconomic burden of Huntington's chorea in South Wales
An unselected group of 92 patients, suffering from Huntington's chorea in South Wales, has been studied in relation to the effects of the disease on employment, need for hospitalization, and the financial burden to the state. Results are compared with data from a matched control group. The difficulties of costing are discussed: a total figure of £21,500 is estimated to be the minimum unit cost per patient in 1980.
The O Grade of the Scottish Certificate of Education
S ummary . The O grade of the Scottish Certificate of Education was introduced in 1962 as a certificate appropriate for those in the top 30 per cent of the age‐group who had completed at least four years of secondary education. The number of subject presentations has risen from about 177,000 to over 246,000 in the first seven years—and it has been observed that pupils of under‐average ability have been among the successful candidates. This has ra…
Differences in Test Score and in the Gaining of Selective Places for Scottish Children and Those in England and Wales
The National Survey is a longitudinal study of 5,000 boys and girls born in 1946. In this paper the test scores and allocation to selective courses of children living in Scotland are compared with those in England and Wales. The Scottish pupils were superior to the English and Welsh in the tests of sentence completion and reading at 8 years, in arithmetic at 11 years and in mathematics at 15 years, whereas the English and Welsh were superior in t…
Differences in Test Score and in the Gaining of Selective Places for Scottish Children and Those in England and Wales
The National Survey is a longitudinal study of 5,000 boys and girls born in 1946. In this paper the test scores and allocation to selective courses of children living in Scotland are compared with those in England and Wales. The Scottish pupils were superior to the English and Welsh in the tests of sentence completion and reading at 8 years, in arithmetic at 11 years and in mathematics at 15 years, whereas the English and Welsh were superior in t…
Differences in Test Score and in the Gaining of Selective Places for Scottish Children and Those in England and Wales
The National Survey is a longitudinal study of 5,000 boys and girls born in 1946. In this paper the test scores and allocation to selective courses of children living in Scotland are compared with those in England and Wales. The Scottish pupils were superior to the English and Welsh in the tests of sentence completion and reading at 8 years, in arithmetic at 11 years and in mathematics at 15 years, whereas the English and Welsh were superior in t…
The O Grade of the Scottish Certificate of Education
S ummary . The O grade of the Scottish Certificate of Education was introduced in 1962 as a certificate appropriate for those in the top 30 per cent of the age‐group who had completed at least four years of secondary education. The number of subject presentations has risen from about 177,000 to over 246,000 in the first seven years—and it has been observed that pupils of under‐average ability have been among the successful candidates. This has ra…
The socioeconomic burden of Huntington's chorea in South Wales
An unselected group of 92 patients, suffering from Huntington's chorea in South Wales, has been studied in relation to the effects of the disease on employment, need for hospitalization, and the financial burden to the state. Results are compared with data from a matched control group. The difficulties of costing are discussed: a total figure of £21,500 is estimated to be the minimum unit cost per patient in 1980.
Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Activity-based costing (1 works) · Certificate (1 works) · Chorea (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Disease (1 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (1 works)