The Distribution of Misbehavior: A Research Note.

Walberg, Herbert J.; Heise, Kenneth

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ERIC Number: EJ200824

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Publication Date: 1979-Apr

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The Distribution of Misbehavior: A Research Note.

Walberg, Herbert J.; Heise, Kenneth

Psychology in the Schools, v16 n2 p306-08 Apr 1979

The numbers of disciplinary referrals to the principal's office for 202 boys and 202 girls from a middle-class, suburban junior high school were obtained from student records and fitted to a highly skewed negative binomial distribution. The fitted and observed distributions do not significantly differ. (Author)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Discipline Problems, Junior High School Students, Middle Class Culture, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Suburban Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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