Jerry Willis

Biographic Data

ID4224052
NAMEJerry Willis
GIVEN NAMESJerry
FAMILY NAMEWillis
SIGNATUREWILLIS J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Alabama
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS150
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1968
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
H-INDEX2

  • Foundations of Qualitative Research

    Jerry WillisBOOKFoundations of Qualitative Research2007Cited by: 148

    Chapter 1: World Views, Paradigms, and the Practice of Social Science Research Case 1. Quantitative Research Case 2. Qualitative Research Thinking about the Foundations and Practice of Research What This Book Is and Is Not About. What Warrants Our Attention? The Traditional Canon Alternative Paradigms New Techniques or New Paradigms? Chapter 2: History and Context of Paradigm Development Positivism: A Response to Metaphysical and Magical Explanat…

  • Constructivist Instructional Design

    Open AccessBrandie Cólon, Kay Ann Taylor et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2000Cited by: 2References: 6

    Instructors for quantitative research courses often find that there are many different types of support material for those courses. That is not the case with qualitative courses. Very little support material is available for qualitative research courses. In this paper we describe the creation of one multimedia package that focuses on one type of qualitative research - critical ethnographic techniques. The package was created to help graduate stud…

  • Software for Sociologists

    Clarice Stasz, David A Lingwood et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1985

  • Esp in the Classroom

    Open AccessJerry Willis, Joan Duncan et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1974

  • Behavior Modification of Excessive Noise in a Young Basenji

    Open AccessJerry WillisARTICLEPsychological Reports1972

    Use of a bell contingent upon howling was mildly aversive to a young Basenji and led to decreased noise

  • Parental Attitudes and Academic Achievement in a Sample of Emotionally Disturbed Children

    Open AccessJerry Willis, Jerry W WillisARTICLEPsychological Reports1971

  • Effects of Contingent and Noncontingent Token Reinforcement upon Classroom Performance

    Open AccessHenry C Rickard, Carl B Clements et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1970

    5 boys attending a therapeutic summer camp were exposed to 1 1⁄2 hr. of programmed instruction in mathematics per day for 28 days. Following an 8-day baseline period during which no tokens were given, the awarding of tokens was made contingent upon classroom productivity. After 10 days of contingent reinforcement, Ss received noncontingent tokens for 3 days after which for 7 days tokens were again contingent upon classroom performance. The token-…

  • Group versus Individual Intelligence Tests in One Sample of Emotionally Disturbed Children

    Open AccessJerry WillisARTICLEPsychological Reports1970

    IQs obtained on a group intelligence test (Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test) were compared with those obtained on an individual intelligence test (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) for 20 disturbed children. While the correlation between the scores was .81, the mean IQs were significantly different (93 vs 108), group test tending to give much lower IQs

  • Religious Orientations of Three Samples of Graduate Students in Clinical Psychology, Social Work, and Counseling and Guidance

    Open AccessJerry Willis, Warner Wilson et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1970

    25 graduate students in a school of social work, 12 in clinical psychology, 41 in a department of counseling and guidance, and 22 undergraduates who attended a student center sponsored by a Fundamentalist church served as Ss. They took measures of Bible knowledge, liberal vs conservative religious attitudes, benefit derived from religion, introversion, and neuroticism. Student Fundamentalists were highest in Bible knowledge, conservatism, benefit…

  • Correlates of Bible Knowledge

    Jerry WillisARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1968

    The measure of Biblical knowledge used was the Peters Biblical Knowledge Test, Part II, New Testament (1948). This is a 150-item test over the content of the New Testament. It does not deal with doctrinal questions or related historical events not mentioned in the New Testament. A split-half reliability of .95 is reported in the manual. A validity coefficient of .82 was obtained by correlating scores with grades in a semester Bible course. Other …