The School Motivation Analysis Test (SMAT) was administered to 298 junior high school children for whom information concerning sex, race, number of sisters and brothers, and father's education was available. The latter variables were employed as predictors of the test scores. All rs were low, but some were consistent predictors of test scores. Sex of the child and the father's education were most consistently related to test scores.
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