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Various approaches to assessing test score similarity have been used. One form of comparison, encompassing variability in both shape and elevation, is the generalized distance function (D), where D is the difference between two sets of scores. In this methodology, the profile of each member of the sample group is compared with the profile of every other member. The difference between the d score for each scale is calculated and squared. The total represents the profile discrepancies. Computer analysis then identifies profile types. This type of computer analysis is currently being done on freshman nursing students. The tests used include part of the nursing "battery," the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and the woman's form of the Strong Vocational Interest Test (SVIB). The study is designed to provide information regarding prediction of success or failure in completing the nursing program. The use of the D methodology is expected to yield actuarial predictive data with practical significance. (IM)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert