Attitude Versus Interaction: A Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis of Children's Racial Preferences.

Autor/in	Teplin, Linda A.
Institution	Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL. Dept. of Education.
Titel	Attitude Versus Interaction: A Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis of Children's Racial Preferences.
Quelle	(1975), (59 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Childhood Attitudes; Cultural Influences; Elementary Secondary Education; Ethnic Relations; Grade 3; Grade 4; Interaction Process Analysis; Intergroup Relations; Photographs; Projective Measures; Racial Attitudes; Racial Factors; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Sociometric Techniques; Visual Measures + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ethnische Beziehungen; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Prozessanalyse; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Photograph; Foto; Photo; Fotografie; Photographie; Projective test; Projektiver Test; Rassenfrage; Forschungsdesign; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungskritik; Soziometrie
Abstract	Interracial/interethic choice patterns of 398 third and fourth grade children are measured utilizing various methods, including both projectively-based and reality-based paradigms. Attempts are made to establish the equivalence or nonequivalence of the different methodologies used to assess interracial choice patterns. Results indicate that all reality-based and quasi reality-based methods are very highly correlated with each other, with very little statistical association between any reality or quasi reality-based and purely projectively-based methodologies. The demonstrated lack of convergent validity between the two methodologies suggests that each is tapping a unique construct: projectively based methods measure a cognitive type of attitude while reality-based methods measure more of an interactive or experimental phenomenon. The finding that the photograph sociometric technique explains no more than five percent of the variance in the choices obtained from the same respondents using the reality-oriented methods suggests that interaction patterns as assessed by reality-based methods cannot be inferred by projectively-based methodologies. Results also suggest that, when planning a research design in this area, the choice of methodology may influence several factors of the study, including the theoretical construct and the results. (Author/AM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01