A STUDY OF THE COMPARISON OF INTERESTS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE MAJORS WITH THE INTERESTS OF OTHER ADULTS AS MEASURED BY THE KUDER PREFERENCE RECORD

This study was undertaken to compare the interests of social science majors with the interests of other adults based on data gathered from a survey of male students of Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. A differentiation between preferences of social science majors and those of the general population was made using Fisher\u27s discriminant function. A group of 121 social science majors were tested by means of a special mailing form (Form C) of the Ruder Preference Record. Sixty-two valid returns were used in this study. The mean raw scores of the Social Science Majors tended to show a pattern of interest with the highest percentile ranks being obtained in the literary, social service, and musical areas. The lowest percentile ratings were in mechanical, computational, and scientific areas. The scores of Social Science Majors tended to closely resemble the High School Teachers of Social Studies. Fisher\u27s discriminant function was used to obtain relative weights which could be applied to raw scores to produce a criterion regressed score. Within the Social Science group there were two some-what different patterns. One group was the majors who ex-pressed satisfaction with the present occupation; the other group preferred a different kind of work entirely. The mean raw scores of the Like group tended to be higher in the areas of social service, literary, scientific, persuasive, and artistic activities; while the Different group obtained higher scores in the fields of computational, musical, and clerical activities. It was found that the Like group most closely resembled the High School Teachers of Social Studies. When their scores were weighted, seventy-six per cent of the Like group were above the fiftieth percentile as com-pared to fifty-three per cent of the Different group. Forty-seven per cent of the Different group had scores below the fiftieth percentile--almost double the twenty-four per cent of the Like group. On the basis of the weighted scores of Social Science Majors, it would seem that a differentiation is possible. Weighted scores discriminate consistently enough at higher levels of percentile rank to permit a distinction between those who are satisfied in a pattern of social science interests and those who do not profess interests in this field of endeavor

Rotating Stars in Relativity

Rotating relativistic stars have been studied extensively in recent years, both theoretically and observationally, because of the information one could obtain about the equation of state of matter at extremely high densities and because they are considered to be promising sources of gravitational waves. The latest theoretical understanding of rotating stars in relativity is reviewed in this updated article. The sections on the equilibrium properties and on the nonaxisymmetric instabilities in f-modes and r-modes have been updated and several new sections have been added on analytic solutions for the exterior spacetime, rotating stars in LMXBs, rotating strange stars, and on rotating stars in numerical relativity.Comment: 101 pages, 18 figures. The full online-readable version of this article, including several animations, will be published in Living Reviews in Relativity at http://www.livingreviews.org

The James Webb Space Telescope Mission

Twenty-six years ago a small committee report, building on earlier studies, expounded a compelling and poetic vision for the future of astronomy, calling for an infrared-optimized space telescope with an aperture of at least $4m$. With the support of their governments in the US, Europe, and Canada, 20,000 people realized that vision as the $6.5m$ James Webb Space Telescope. A generation of astronomers will celebrate their accomplishments for the life of the mission, potentially as long as 20 years, and beyond. This report and the scientific discoveries that follow are extended thank-you notes to the 20,000 team members. The telescope is working perfectly, with much better image quality than expected. In this and accompanying papers, we give a brief history, describe the observatory, outline its objectives and current observing program, and discuss the inventions and people who made it possible. We cite detailed reports on the design and the measured performance on orbit.Comment: Accepted by PASP for the special issue on The James Webb Space Telescope Overview, 29 pages, 4 figure

Ornamental plants: annual reports and research reviews, 1999

Ohio State University Extension Nursery, Landscape, and Turf Team Directory: 2000 -- Floriculture Industry Roundtable of Ohio: 2000 -- 1999 Buckeye Yard and Garden Line (BYGL) evaluation survey / Gary Y. Gao, Pamela J. Bennett, Joseph F. Boggs, James A. Chatfield, David E. Dyke, Jane C. Martin, David J. Shetlar, Randall H. Zondag, Amy K. Stone, and Erik A. Draper -- Environmental and cultural problems of ornamental plants in Ohio: 1999 / Pamela J. Bennett and Jane C. Martin -- Insect and mite activity noted in Ohio nurseries and landscapes: 1999 / Joseph F. Boggs, David J. Shetlar, Jane C. Martin, David E. Dyke, Pamela J. Bennett, Gary Y. Gao, Daniel R. Balser, and James A. Chatfield -- Ornamental disease summary for Ohio: 1999 / James A. Chatfield, Nancy J. Taylor, Joseph F. Boggs, Jane C. Martin, Gary Y. Gao, Erik A. Draper, Pamela J. Bennett, Amy K. Stone, Randall A. Zondag, and David E. Dyke -- Summary of turf cultural and disease problems in 1999 / Gary Y. Gao, Joseph F. Boggs, Pamela J. Bennett, Jane C. Martin, David E. Dyke, Joseph W. Rimelspach, John R. Street, William E. Pound, Amy K. Stone, Erik A. Draper, and James A. Chatfield -- Weed problems in Ohio turf, landscapes, and nurseries: 1999 / Gary Y. Gao, Joseph F. Boggs, Pamela J. Bennett, Jane C. Martin, James A. Chatfield, Joseph W. Rimelspach, Randall H. Zondag, John R. Street, William E. Pound, Erik A. Draper, and Amy K. Stone -- Wildlife problems in Ohio landscapes: 1999 / Gary Y. Gao, Joseph F. Boggs, Jane C. Martin, Pamela J. Bennett, Dave E. Dyke, Gary L. Comer Jr., Amy K. Stone, Erik A. Draper, and James A. Chatfield -- A biological calendar: using plant phenology to predict insect activity / Daniel A. Herms -- Effect of container media on growth of Taxus and performance and host impact of black vine weevil larvae / Daniel A. Herms, Bradley Proper, and Harry A. J. Hoitink -- Effects of organic mulches and fertilization on soil microbial activity, nutrient availability, and river birch growth / John E. Lloyd, Daniel A. Herms, Benjamin R. Stinner, and Harry A. J. Hoitink -- New approaches to control of plant pathogens in irrigation water / Harry A. J. Hoitink and M. S. Krause -- Soil amendments and mulches in tree health management / Harry A. J. Hoitink, M. S. Krause, and Randy H. Zondag -- Establishment of grass and wildflower mixes for low-maintenance landscapes / Michael Knee -- Evaluation of crabapples for apple scab at the Secrest Arboretum in Wooster, Ohio: 1999 / James A. Chatfield, Erik A. Draper, Kenneth C. Cochran, Peter W. Bristol, and Charles F. Tubesin