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Table 16: Frequency Distribution and Chi-square Analysis forFather's Educational Level

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Table 19: Frequency Distribution and Chi-square Analysis forMother's Occupational Level

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DF = 4 Chi-square = 503.67 Probability = 0.001a

aThe probability of exceeding the chi-square value by chance.

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Table 22: Frequency Distribution and Chi-square Analysis forBirth Order

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bThe probability of exceeding the chi-square value by chance.

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Table 23: Frequency Distribution and Chi-square Analysis forNumber of Children in the Family

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DP1348 Chi-square = 80.71 Probability = 0.002b

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bThe probability of exceeding the chi-square value by chance.

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Table 24: Frequency Distribution and Chi-square Analysis forNumber of Hobbies and Interests

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aThe probability of exceeding the c'i-square value by chance.

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Table 25: Frequency Distribution and Chi-square Analysis forIdealistic Education Plans

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No 151 65 60 69 42 387

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Plan toHome Row

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aThe probability of exceeding the chi-square value by chance.

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Table 27: Frequency Distribution and Chi-square Analysis forGrades Repeated

Grades Voc.Repeated Tech.

Acad. Sec, Bus,Home RowEcon. Totals

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Altoona City Planning Commission, Master Plan, 1972.

Altoona City Planning Commission, Master Plan Reports,, Numbers 1, 2, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, 1968.

California Achievement Tests Manual: Complete Battery and SeparateReading, Arithmetic, and Language Tests. Junior High Level -Grades 7-8-9, WXYZ Series. California Test Bureau: Monterey,California, 1963.

California Achievement Test: Technical Report, 1957 Edition, 1963Norms. California Test Bureau: Monterey, California, 1967.

Crites, John O. "The Measurement of Vocational Maturity in Adolescence:I. The Attitude Test of the Vocational Development Inventory."Psychological Monographs, American Psychological Association, 1965.

Crites, John O. The Maturity of Vocational Attitudes in Adolescence.Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa, 1969.

Espenshade, A. Howry. Pennsylvania Place Names. The Pennsylvania StateCollege, 1925, Evangelical Press, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Impellitteri, Joseph T. and Jerome T. Kapes. The Measurement of Occupa-tional Values. University Park, Pennsylvania: Department ofVocational Education, The Pennsylvania State University, VDS Mono-graph Number 3, September, 1971.

Roe, Ann. The Psychology of Occupations. New York: John Wiley andSons, Inc., 1956.

U.S. Bureau of the Census, General Social and Economic Characteristics,Final Report PC (1) - C40 Pennsylvania, U.S. Government PrintingOffice, Washington,D.C., 1971.

United States Department of Labor, Manual for the General Aptitude TestBattery Section III: Development. U.S. Government PrintingOffice, Washington,D.C., 1967.

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Kapes, Jerome T. The Relationship Between Selected Characteristics ofNinth Grade Boys and Curriculum Selection and Success in TenthGrade. University Park, Pennsylvania: Department of VocationalEducation, The Pennsylvania State University, VDS Monograph Number 2,August, 1971.

Impellitteri, Joseph T. and Jerome T. Kapes. The Measurement of Occupa-tional Values. University Park, Pennsylvania: Department ofVocational Education, The Pennsylvania State University, VDSgraph Number 3, September, 1971.

Enderlein, Thomas E. An Examination of the Relationship of SelectedStudent Variables to Vocational-Technical Shop Achievement.University Park, Pennsylvania: Department of Vocational Education,The Pennsylvania State University, VDS Monograph Number 4, February,1972.

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Btantner, Seymour T. and Thomas E. Enderlein. A Comparison of Vocationaland Non-Vocational High School Dropouts and Retainers. UniversityPark, Pennsylvania: Department of Vocational Education, ThePennsylvania State University, VDS Monograph Number 7, June, 1972,

Martin, Randall B. Relationships Between Holland's Vocational PreferenceInventory and Vocational-Technical Student Achievement. UniversityPark, Pennsylvania: Department of Vocational Education, ThePennsylvania State University, VDS Monograph Number 8, October, 1972.

McAlister, Bernard M. Curriculum Selection and Success of Tenth GradeGirls as Related to Selected Ninth Grade Characteristics. UniversityPaik, Pennsylvania: Department of Vocational Education, ThePennsylvania State University, VDS Monograph Number 9, March, 1973.