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1. C vla mee ines eI ha eva ed oV Cels Seb Ces os wie a Si e V e ars In the space below give details of how you would spend the week in London SAMPLE Note 3 1 Friendship Choices The analogy of the two cultures as different languages and the lack of communication between the arts and sciences has already been discussed at some length This was an area in which some investigation was indicated Through an examination of the subject specialization of three friends an attempt was made to assess the extent to which polarization between the arts and Science specialists had already taken place by sixth form level The friendship choice was classified as arts science and other 2 Cultural Interests Some indication of the hobbies and general interests of the subjects was needed but direct questioning may have led to a rather useless and not altogether truthful list from many pupils Hence a way of assessing their interests indirectly was devised They were asked to describe how they would spend their time during a holiday in London gt ari ANDES Sa a 4 One mark was given for each separate activity Care had to be taken that cultural interests were not dcuble marhed Sightseeing was included among these activities although in one or two cases the nature of the sights mada it unreasonable to include this as a cultural activity Example I would go to a play see West iznster Abbe The Tate Gallery the National Gallery
2. Grammar arts Grammar science pupil C ty rural school Single sex Mixed sex school 3 digit code GA Grammar arts GS Grammar science Single sex school Mixed sex school MARGINALS SAMPLE I CODING SHEET ca nc T VARIABLE d qc COLUMN Raven s Progressive Matrix Raven 1965 4 36 1 2 Culture Test See Note 1 Arts subscore 3 2 4 4 5 Sc ence subscore d 0 20 7 8 Total score 9 35 10 11 a Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Test 1964 Sub test 1 4 9 ig 13 14 5 24 1 23 16 17 3 1 15 19 20 4 3 Lu 22 23 5 0 35 25 26 Allpert Vernen and Lindzey s Study of Values Richardson S 1965 Study of Values Manual NFER Sub test 1 H Se 28 29 2 QOB eq 31 32 n 3 3 42 34 35 4 7 21 6 37 38 5 A 3 46 40 41 s 6 Vs amp 5543 44 Personal details See Note 2 No of countries lived in outside Northern Ireland 97 46 47 n f visited 6 13 EM Friendship choices science x o 3 52 53 i Kg arts mE 0 3 55 56 E others wen 0 3 58 59 No of culturai interests See Not 3 6 10 61 62 Case Number 75 77 Sex boy 1 girl 2 78 School type single sex 1 co ed 2 79 Specialism arts 1 science 2 See Note 4 80 600 SAMPLE I Note 1 The Culture Test Test 1l Anwer all the questions in this test Time allowed 35 minutes The definitions in Questions 1 to 5 are of literary and or artistic terms These terms are amongst those lettered A to H Match each defin
3. sphere t follows that the rad cus of the large sphere is A 2 t mes the rad us of the smaller sphere B 4 times the rad us of the smaller sphere C 6 times the radius of the smaller sphere D 8 times the radius of the smaller sphere E 10 2 3 times the radius of the smaller sphere Questions 33 to 37 contain brief quotations From the titles listed in A to G below choose the work from which the extract is taken 33 34 35 36 born or at any rate bred in a handbag I will never desert Mr M cawber Corroborative detail to add verisimilitude to an otherwise b ld and unconvincing narrative Off with his head 37 Dear God The very houses seem asleep A Lord of the Flies B Alice in Wonderland C Lines written upon Westminster Bridge D David Copperfield E Hamlet F The Mikado G The Importance of Being Earnest In each of the following lists four of the five names have something in common For each of Questions 38 to 4l select the letter corresponding to the outsider 38 39 40 41 42 A propane B octane C butane D s lane E methane A dextrose B fructose C viscose D sucrose E glucose A nimbus B stratus C cumulus D cirrus E pluvius A adrenalin B amylase c trypsin D l pase E rennin The force of attraction between two masses M and My separated by a distance d 18 gi i where G is the gravitational constant a Since Mars has twice the mass of Mercury and
4. 0 18 Unused 5 digit code Range 62 132 1600B N LO CARD COLUMN Form No SA 1 APR 76 Unused Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale Raven 1958 Richmond Culture Test Richmond 1962 Science scale Unused Arts scale Unused Total scale Unused AH2 Intelligence Test Heim Watts amp Simmonds 1974 MARGINALS Unused 2 digit code Range 3 32 Unused 2 digit code Range 0 17 2 digit code Range 0 13 Unused 2 digit code Range 1 28 Unused 1600B N Lc CARD COLUMN Form No SA 1 APA 78 Verbal scale Unused Numerical scale Unused Perceptual scale Unused Total scale Unused Eysenck Personality Scale Junior Eysenck amp Eysenck 1975 Extraversion scale Unused 2 d g t code Range 15 37 Unused 2 d git code Range 8 40 Unused 2 digit code Range 6 35 Unused 3 digit code Range 36 109 2 digit code Range 5 24 Unused MAAGINALS 1600B N ae CARD COLUMN Neuroticism scale Peychoticism scale Unused Socially desirable A level attainment see note 1 Unused Sex of pupil Specialism see note 2 School type Form No SA 1 APR 76 MARGINALS 2 digit code Range 2 20 2 digit code Range 0 15 2 digit code Range 0 16 Unused 2 digit code Range 1 18 Unused Arts Science Single sex Co education 1600B SN LL CARD COLUMN Form No SA 1 APR 76 Unused Case Number Boy Girl
5. and visit the Tower of London This counts as a score of 3 A play The Tate Gallery and National Gallery 1 The Tower of London and Westminster Abbey 2 SAMPLE I Note 4 The sample had to consist f two clearly defined groups the arts specialists and the science specialists Fairly rigorous criteria were applied in the definition of each kind of specialist The science specialist had to be studying at least two scientific subjects at A level Two were generally drawn from phyiscs chemistry or biology Mathematics and geography were both acceptable for the science specialists provided they were combined with other science subjects The arts specialist had to be Studying at least two literary Subjects at A level Mathemztics and geography were acceptable if one was included with two literary subjects The combination mathematics and goegraphy was not accepted even taking into account a third A level subject on either the arts or science side of the school curriculum Such combinations were classified general and excluded non academic subjects such as domestic science were not accepted for either specialist group SAMPLE II CODING SHEET VARIABLE Mechanical Accuracy Measure Statham 1976 Punctuation Misspelling phonetic analogy carelessness MAM total score English Picture Vocab Test Brimer amp Dunn 1968 Mill Hill Vocab Scale Raven 1958 Richmond Culture Test Richmond 1963 science scale
6. arts total AH2 Intelligence Test Heim Watts amp Simmonds 1974 verbal scale numerical scale perceptual scale total scale Scope RANGE o I amp e 8 Q Lr o M og bL 3L 3 32 0 17 0 13 1 28 15 31 9 4o 6 35 36 10q Eysenck Personality Scale Junior Eysenck amp Eysenck 1975 extraversion scale neuroticism psychot c sm soc desirab L Scale A level attainment See Note 1 Sex of pupil Boy 1 Girl 2 Specialism See Note 2 Arts 1 Science 2 School type single sex 1 co ed 2 Case No Boy Girl B boy G giri Grammar Arts GA Grammar Science GS pupil GA GS City rural school C city R rural Single sex Mixed sex school S SEX M SEX 5 24 1 ro 0 13 ib 1 18 COLUMN 23 24 26 27 29 30 32 33 35 35 38 39 41 43 45 46 48 49 51 52 54 55 57 58 61 62 63 70 72 73 74 75 76 77 80 600 SAMPLE II Note 1 A measure of A level examination attainment was achieved by scoring each A level subject in relation to the grade as indicated in Table 6 Table 6 Scoring Scheme per Subject for A level Attainment sid xiii BERGER sem fs fs fe fede Each student was therefore assigned a total A level score by summation of the individual subject scores high scores corresponding to the higher examination grades It was also decided to standardise the total score to 3 examination subjects Hence the maximum sc
7. is four times as far from the Sun it follows that the force of attraction between the Sun and Mars is A E of the force of attraction between the Sun and Mercury of the force of attraction between the Sun and Mercury k of the force of attraction between the Sun and Mercury a half of the force of attraction between the Sun and Mercury the same as the force of attraction between the Sun and Mercury loj SAMPLE I Note 2 The Questionnaire e e e Ke DIIS IXE E Age 6e00 YERTIB Polos months Male Female Subjects being studied at A level e eese eee ee eee hano Name the place in which you live i e town village or townland Have you always live at this place 6 260000 he reet tn If not name all the places i e town village townland where you have lived secies eee a ert har e ar apa aie alee le p Cie e FRE EN RE ees EE EV ee ey List below all the countries you have visited outside N Ireland hescsos ecssssssonsecsotsovossttessssoneasceeosescovistoevvecescecetoocctcsececcco 0800080000980 Imag ne you have won a week s hol day n London for yourself and three school friends pick the three friends you would ask to accompany you Do not give their names but list the A level subjects they study at school Friend cas sea en bn re RR ONE EOS NE EEE EROR EMMA A he eee Ren yee RC Friend B eeeeeeoseeshoasssescsosesoosovercseocsceecsosceooeceeeeeeceee Friend
8. 1600A No uen Form No SA 1 APR 76 In two minds rts or Sciences at 6th Form Level Sample I Q1 Raven s Progressive Matrix Raven 1965 Unused Q2 Culture Test see note 1 Arts subs core Unused Science subscore Total score Unused 03 Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Test 1964 Sub Test 1 MARGINALS 2 digit code Range 4 26 Unused 2 digit code Range 2 19 digit code Range 0 20 Unused 2 digit code Range 8 58 Unused digit code Range 0 18 16004 nS CARD COLUMN 1 21 1 28 44 Form No SA 1 APR 76 Unused Sub Test 2 Sub Test 3 Unused SubrTest 4 Unused Sub Test 5 Unused Q4 Allport Vernon and Lindzey s Study of Values Richardson S 1965 Study of Values Manual NFER Sub Test 1 Unused MARGINALS Unused 2 digit code Renge 1 25 Unused 2 digit code Range 7 25 Unused 2 digit code Range 3 24 Unused 2 digit code Range 0 35 Unused 2 digit code Range 11 50 Unused 1600A N LLL CARD COLUMN 1 31 32 M55 1 34 35 1 36 1 51 38 1 359 1 40 41 1 42 1 45 44 MAS 1 46 62 1 46 47 Form No SA 1 APR 76 Sub Test Unused Sub Test 3 Unused SubTest 4 Unused Sub Test 5 Unused Sub Test 6 Q5 Personal details see Note 2 Number of countries lived in outside Northern Ireland 2 digit code Hange 15 49 Unused 2 digit code Range 9 42
9. Unused 2 digit code Range 22 56 Unused 2 digit code Range 3 46 Unused 2 d git code Range 4 55 2 digit code Range 0 7 MARGINALS 1600A CARD COLUMN Form No SA 1 APR 76 Number of countries visited outside Northern Ireland Unused Friendship choices science Unused Friendship choices arts Unused Friendship choices others Number of cultural interests see note 3 Unused Case Number MARGINALS Unused 2 digit code Range 0 13 2 digit code Range 0 3 Unused 2 digit code Bange 0 5 Unused 2 digit code Range 0 3 2 d git code Range 0 10 Unuse amp 5 digit code 16Q0A No CARD COLUMN MARGINALS School type Single sex Co education Specialism Arts Science Form No SA 1 APR 76 1600B N m CARD COLUMN 1 1 14 15 1 4 5 M6 1 8 M9 1 10 11 1 12 1 13 14 1 15 1 16 18 Form No SA 1 APR 76 In two minds Arts or Sciences at 6th Form Level Sample II Mechanical Accuracy Measure Statham 1976 Punctuation Unused Misspelling phenetic Unused Misspelling analogy Unused Mi sspelling carelessness Unused Mechanical Accuracy Measure total score Unused English Picture vocabulary Test Brimer amp Dunn 1968 MARGINALS 2 digit code Range 0 16 2 digit code Range 0 8 Unused 2 digit code Range O 4 Unused 2 digit code Range 0 11 Unused 2 digit code Range
10. at of the fifth pair Which is the odd one out A owl mouse B rabbit lettuce V C dog flea D cat sparrow E thrush snail 7 From the following sets of foodstuffs choose the one consisting entirely of high protein foods A cheese honey meat B eggs fish butter C fish eggs meat D meat cabbage fish E peas potatoes fish Questions 8 to 12 Each of the separations 8 to 12 is by a particular means which depends on a fundamental difference in property between the materials to be separated For each separation select the appropriate property from thellist labelled A to E and write down the corresponding letter A given property may correspond to more than one method of separat on or to none 10 11 12 A boiling point B density c melting point D particle size E solubility Cream from buttermilk in a centrifuge Green leaf pigments by chromatography Starch from the products of its digestion by dialysis Crystalline salt from salt in saturated solution by filtration Petrol from paraffin by fractional distillation Questions 13 to 17 The following scientists named in questions 13 to 17 are associated with the development of particular scientific concepts For each scientist select the appropriate concept from the list labelled A to E given concept may possibly correspond to more than one scientist or to none 13 14 15 16 17 A air has spring i e elasticity B a
11. ition to its term by selecting the appropriate letter A Decadence B Classicism c Existentialism D Expressionism E Impressionism F New Wave G Romanticism H Surrealism 1 A literary and artistic revolution gathering impetus in the eighteenth century and at its height in the nineteenth century Its most important elements were feeling for nature emphasis on personal emotion and interest in the past and the exotic 2 A major movement in nineteenth century art in which the artists were absorbed by the play of light on the scene trying to create the atmosphere rather than to present a factual report Spontaneity was considered more important than c lculation 3 A term loosely applied to a group of film directors whose work was based on visual style and atmosphere rather than content a free technical approach and an admiration of the American thriller and western directors 4 An artistic and literary movement in the twentieth century n which dream objects fantastic images and automatic writing under hypnosis were used to break down the barriers between the conscious and unconscious 5 A movement in tne late nineteenth century characterised by a taste for the morbid and perverse a belief in the superiority of the artificial over the natural and an emphasis on the isolated role of the artist 6 The ecological relationship between the members of four of the follow ing pairs of organisms is different from th
12. l War one of the most commercially successful films of all time Elia Kazan directs Marlon Brando in this compelling study of union corruption in New York One of the most appealing of the post war comedies from the British Ealing Studio featuring a fine performance by Alec Guinness A On the Waterfront B Rebel Without a Cause C The 400 Blows D Citizen Kane T E The Seventh Seal F 1f G Last Year at Marienbad H Rear Window J Gone With the Wind K The Lavender Hill Mob What is the Doppler Effect A The splitting of a line spectrum under a strong magnetic field B The apparent change in the frequency of sound or electro magnetic radiation when the source moves relative to the observer Cc The production of opposite electrical charges on the opposite faces of a crystal subject to pressure D The generation or absorption of heat wien an electric 31 32 2 current flows across the junctions between two different gt metals E The emission of radiation by an atom as the result of a change from an excited state to a lower energy state A good scientific experiment always A produces commercially exploitable results B adequately controls the variables C confirms at least one previously stated hypothesis D verifies something previously known E uses a large random sample 47 23 The volume of a sphere is 3 lip where p is the radius If the volume of a large sphere is 8 t mes the volume of a small
13. n atom s mass 18 concentrated mainly in the nucleus C blood circulates round the human body D combustion in air involves combination with oxygen E new species develop as a cumulative result of small changes in successive generations Bohr Boyle Lamarck Lavoisier Rutherford 18 5 X is latitude 60 N longitude 15 E Y is latitude 30 N longitude 30 w Midday at X will be A B 3 hours later than midday at Y 2 hours later than midday at Y 1 hour later than m dday at Y l hour earlier than midday at Y 3 hours earlier than midday at Y By selecting the appropriate letter from A to K below show the composer or architect or designer of the folloving works 19 20 21 22 23 24 Swan Lake The S S Great Britain The Hallelujah Chorus The suite Peer Gynt The Enigma Variations The House of Parliament A S r Charles Barry B Grieg C I K Brunel D Elgar E Handel F Tchaikovsky G Wagner H Pugin J Robert Stephenson K Sibelius Questions 22 26 contain summaries of films Choose the title of each from the list overleaf lettered A to K 25 26 27 28 29 30 e Orson Welles starred in and directed this portrayal of the megalomania of a newspaper tycoon The Middle Ages in Sweden form the background to this film directed by Ingmar Bergman which raises issues of religious belief and the omnipresence of death A Hollywood epic of the American Civi
14. ore attainable was 18 3 x 6 Students who sat more or less than 3 subjects had each subject scored in accordance with Table 5 with the toal score calculated in proportion to 3 subjects SAMPLE II Note 2 The sample consisted of 244 students who were studying for A level examinations in June 1978 131 science specialists and 113 arts specialists Science and arts specialists were restricted to those who were studying some combination of the subjects listed in Table 1 Table 1 Subjects of science and arts specialists Science specialists 1 Arts specialists 2 Chemistry English Literature History Biology Ancient History Physics Mathematics French Computer Science German Spanish Latin Religious Education Greek Students of geography were not included n the sample in an attempt to keep the specialists as polar as possible Thus science specialists were those who were studying some combination of the subjects listed in column 1 of Table 1 whilst arts specialists were studying some combination of the subjects listed n column 2 of Table 1 Students who were studying a hybrid group of subjects i e from columns 1 and 2 of Table 1 were omitted from the sample thereby attempting to achieve pure science and arts specialists

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