A Study of Personality Characteristics and Values of Secondary School Teachers in Relation to their Classroom Performance and Students' Likings

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Chapter 3: METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE:
[...] CONVERTING RAW SCORES TO STEN SCORES:
General the meaning of raw scores from any form or combination of forms of1 6PF depends, of course, upon the particular forms used. Consequently, before these raw scores can be evaluated and interpreted, they must be converted into a system that places the examinee's score in relation to scores obtained by other people in some defined population (normal adults, college students, adult males only, etc.)The standardization tables convert raw scores to what are called stens, a practice consistent with best modem usage, aiming at a good, but not unrealistically refined degree of accuracy in expression of results.
Standard Scores: Sten scores (the term comes from "Standard ten") are distributed over 10 equal-interval standard score points (assuming normal distribution) from 1 through 10. The population average (or mean) for a sten distribution is fixed at 5.5 and the standard deviation is 2.0 sten scores. The exact limits of sten and 6 (4.5 - 6.5) extend, respectively, a half standard deviation below and above the mean, constituting the solid centre of the population, while the outer limits for stens 1 and 10 are 2 ¹/_ standard deviations below and above the mean. One would normally consider sten scores of 4 through 7 to be average. Since they fall within one standard deviation of the population mean and therefore represent approximately two- thirds of all the obtained scores. Sten scores of 1, 2, 3 and 8, 9,10 are generally considered to be of greater importance for profile interpretation since they are more extreme and occur far less frequently in a normal population.
3.2.3 N.Y. Reddy's Indian Adaptation Value Scale: (Appendix III):
A well known scale on values called 'Study of Values' constructed by G.W. Allport, P.E. Vernon and G. Lindzey (1960). "This scale measures one relative prominence of six basic interests or motives in personality, theoretical, economic,

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Dr. Mehnaz Ansari is presently working as Associate Professor (Social Science) at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has 18 years of experience at teaching in institutions of higher education. She has completed her Doctorate Degree (Ph.D) in Education and subsequently guided many M.Phil and Ph.D Scholars. She is a member of many committees and is also the coordinator for M.A Education and B.Ed Nursery. During her career, she has attended many seminars and workshops and international conferences. Furthermore, she is the author of 3 books and 10 research papers which were published both by national and International journals.

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