Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Spring 1974

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

School Psychology

Committee Chair

James P. Levell

Second Committee Member

Alma C. Spithill

Third Committee Member

Richard V. Alumbaugh

Abstract

Using factor analysis, two sets of predictive variables were selected from each of two randomly selected groups of Washington juveniles (Total n= 579) discharged from parole in 1971. Both sets of predictors were cross-validated using discriminant functions, and each set discriminated recidivists from nonrecidivists significantly beyond the .01 level. The eight-item set of predictors was slightly more accurate (1%) than the three-item set of predictors in determining postparole outcomes.

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