Comparing Freshmen At An Urban Texas University With Those Of A Rural University On Democratic Maturity - Statistical Data Included

1. No significant relationship with age of freshmen

2. Female students tended to show significantly higher SYM and CAR scores; as well as SOCINT, and DEMOTOT ones.

3. The only negative correlations among the DEMO scores were in the ASS relations.

Part Score Reliability

Part score reliability was computed for all DEMO part scores using the part/whole method with the Spearman/Brown correction formula. All of the DEMO scores obtained acceptable reliability. The lowest part score being SYM with a corrected reliability of 0.649; which is quite acceptable.

Factor Validity

A principal components factor analysis was computed on the 8 DEMO part scores using Varimax rotations as depicted in Table 6 below. Each one of the 8 part scores obtained clear independence of organization (each measuring something different factorially), and with not a single distractor present with any of the factors (loadings of 300 or better besides the identity loading).

Table 5

DEMO Part Score Reliability Using Part/Whole Method (N=176)

DEMO Part                   Score     DEMO Total    Pearson r
                                       Score

1. Self Esteem -            EST       PERMAT         0.687
2. Coping Skills -          COP       "              0.765
3. Assertiveness -          ASS       "              0.612
4. Locus of Control -       LOC       "              0.685
5. Personal Maturity -      PERMAT    DEMOTOT        0.801
6. Conformity -             CFM       SOCINT         0.634
7. Sympathy -               SYM       "              0.479
8. Withdrawal -             WIT       "              0.781
9. Caring -                 CAR       "              0.775
10. Social Integration -    SOCINT    DEMOTOT        0.851

DEMO Part                   S/B Corrected r

1. Self Esteem -            0.820
2. Coping Skills -          0.867
3. Assertiveness -          0.770
4. Locus of Control -       0.820
5. Personal Maturity -      0.889
6. Conformity -             0.775
7. Sympathy -               0.649
8. Withdrawal -             0.869
9. Caring -                 0.868
10. Social Integration -    0.919

Table 6 Principal Components Factor Analysis of DEMO Scores (N=176)

DEMO                      FACTORS
Scores       I        II      III      IV         V

1. WIT      919(*)   -066     115      117      160
2. ASS      -059     960(*)   090      089      127
3. LOC      111      098      934(*)   169      077
4. SYM      104      090      158      956(*)   081
5. EST      148      132      074      083      948(*)
6. COP      093      144      178      156      166
7. CFM      108      135      144      111      034
8. CAR      255      -076     114      -016     151

DEMO              FACTORS              % of Total
Scores       VI       VII     VIII     Variance

1. WIT      098      122      271      12.237
2. ASS      136      -135     -072     12.581
3. LOC      181      156      117      12.376
4. SYM      149      112      -014     12.607
5. EST      163      035      148      12.553
6. COP      940(*)   024      057      12.452
7. CFM      023      962(*)   101      12.609
8. CAR      056      107      937(*)   12.583