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Matevey, Courtney; Rogers, Laura Q.; Dawson, Elizabeth; Tudor-Locke, Catrine – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2006
The study purpose was to determine whether unsealed (with participant recording of daily steps) versus sealed pedometer monitoring elicits reactivity (i.e., changed behavior due to awareness of being monitored) in adults. In a randomized controlled crossover study, 28 healthy White adults (12 men, M age = 51 [plus or minus] 9.9 years; and 16…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Management, Adults, Sport Psychology
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Lynn, Richard; Van Court, Marian – Intelligence, 2004
Data from the General Social Survey (GSS) collected in the years 1990-1996 are examined for the relationship between fertility and intelligence as measured by vocabulary. The results show that the relation between fertility and intelligence has been consistently negative for successive birth cohorts from to 1900 to 1979, indicating the presence of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Cohort Analysis, Birth Rate, Correlation
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Chatterji, Madhabi – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
This study estimated reading achievement gaps in different ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic groups of 1st graders in the U.S. compared with specific reference groups and identified statistically significant correlates and moderators of early reading achievement. A subset of 2,296 students nested in 184 schools from the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Early Reading