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Robert L. Hale

Vital Statistics

Born: Superior, Nebraska - 9/11/47 Family: Linda (wife), Ché (son) Address: home

RD 2, Box 822A

Port Matilda, PA 16870 telephone (814) 692-7656 work

Pennsylvania State University

227 CEDAR

University Park, PA 16802 telephone (814) 863-2420

Education

Superior High School, Superior, NE (9/61 - 6/65) University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (1965-1979) Degree B.S. (1970) - Major Chemistry

Degree M.Ed. (1975) - Major Educational Psychology Degree Ph.D. (1979) - Major School Psychology

Related Work Experience

Mental Health Technician Security Building

Lincoln Regional Center, Lincoln, NE 1968-1970

Emphasis primarily on the individual management of psychiatric patient's behavior in a maximum security environment.

Science Teacher Farnam Public Schools Farnam, NE

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Teaching responsibilities included Chemistry, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade science.

Inservice Instructor Security Building

Lincoln, Regional Center, Lincoln, NE 1971-1976

Responsibilities included the training of on-ward staff in behavioral strategies for dealing with individual patient's behavior and institutional program structure.

Internship in School Psychological Services Educational Service Unit No. 4

919 16th, Auburn, NE

Responsibilities primarily included the individual assessment, diagnosis and implementation of programs for educationally handicapped children throughout a five county area in Southeastern Nebraska.

School Psychologist

Educational Service Unit No. 4 919 16th, Auburn, NE

Aug. 1976-Aug. 1979 Full Professor

The Pennsylvania State University

Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology Program in School Psychology - CEDAR Building University Park, PA

Responsibilities primarily include the teaching of an introductory undergraduate class in measurement and statistics, a graduate level course in introductory research design, a supervision of students in a graduate level psychological clinic along with supervision of masters and doctoral level theses.

Department Head

Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education University Park, PA

7/1/95 - present

Training Experiences

Presentations:

Legal Rights of Persons in Mental Institutions and Behavior Modification Strategies: Alternatives to Warehousing. Two inservice workshops conducted at the Lincoln Regional Center, Lincoln, NE Fall 1976.

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Remediation and the Educationally Handicapped Child. Inservice programs for teachers and administrators conducted at the Table Rock Public Schools, Table Rock Nebraska and at the Syracuse Public Schools, Syracuse, Nebraska in the Fall 1977. The Utility of WISC-R Subtest Scores in Discriminating among Adequate and Underachieving Children. Paper presented at the Midwest Regional School Psychologist's Convention, Omaha, NE Spring 1978.

Actuarial Classification of School-Age Children Referred for Psychological Evaluations. Paper presented at the CASPP/NASP Convention in San Diego, California March, 1979.

Practice of Using Actuarial Classification in School Psychology Services. Program presented with Dr. Paul McDermott (University of Pennsylvania), at the Thirteenth Annual Pennsylvania School Psychologists' Conference. October, 1979.

Evaluating Socioeconomic Status Bias in the WISC-R. Paper presentation at the Eastern Educational Research Association's annual meeting March, 1981 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Behavior Problem Checklist and the Bristol Social Adjustment Guides. Paper presented with Craig Zuckerman at the Pennsylvania Psychological Association Meeting, June, 1981.

Evaluating Socioeconomic Status Bias in the WISC-R. Paper presented with Mark Raymond at the Pennsylvania Psychological Association Annual Meeting, June 1981. Strategy for Computerized Diagnosis of Childhood Pathology. Paper presentation at the Pennsylvania Psychological Association Annual Meeting, June 1981.

Issues in the Classification of Exceptional Children. Chair of a program where four separate papers were presented which impacted on classification issues concerning school psychologists. Pennsylvania Psychological Association Annual Meeting, June, 1982.

School Psychology Information Tools: Apple Software. Paper presentation and demonstration of microcomputer software at the National Association of School Psychologists' National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, March, 1983.

Graphics Workshop for Apple Computers. A five day workshop in Apple graphics and animation. Sponsored by the Continuing Education Department of the Pennsylvania State University. June, 1983.

Interfacing Microcomputers and Psychologists. A workshop presented at the Seventeenth Annual Pennsylvania School Psychologists' Conference. October, 1983.

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Microcomputer Graphics. A workshop presented at the Third Annual Microcomputer Exchange Conference. Pennsylvania State University. March 9, 1984.

Interfacing Apples and the Mainframe. A microcomputer demonstration presentation at the Third Annual Microcomputer Exchange Conference. Pennsylvania State University. March 10, 1984.

Using Microcomputers Effectively: An Apple Demonstration. A microcomputer software demonstration presented at the 16 annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. April 21, 1984.

Microcomputer Diagnostic Tools. A microcomputer software demonstration presented at the Council for Exceptional Children 62nd annual convention April 27, 1984.

University Software Development. A panel discussion at MacAdemia held at Cornell University, Ithica, New York, June, 1985.

Macintosh Users Groups. A presentation at MacAdemia held at Cornell University, Ithica, New York, May, 1985.

Use of Microcomputers in School Psychology - Discussion and Demonstration. A presentation at the Nineteenth Annual Pennsylvania School Psychologists' Conference held October 16-17 1985 at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

The Uses of Cluster Analysis in School Psychology Research. A panel presentation at the Fifty-third Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association June 19, 1986 Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Integration of Apple ][ microcomputers and School Psychological Practice. A two day workshop held for the Howard County Maryland School Psychologists October 1986. Interfacing microcomputers and School Psychology Practice. A half day workshop presented to the Chester County School Psychologists Spring 1987.

Using Microcomputers in School Psychology. A presentation at the Twenty First Annual Pennsylvania School Psychologists' Conference held October 21-22 1987 at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

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Introductory Statistics using MYSTAT. A presentation at Teaching Tools For the 90's. Annual conference held at Syracuse University. Presentation 11/15/91.

Incorporating Macintosh Computer Technology Into The Higher Education Curriculum: MYSTAT And The Introductory Statistics Class. A presentation at The Learning Technologies Program sponsored by Cornell Information Technologies and Apple Computer, Inc. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Presentations 1/6/92 - 1/8/92.

Introductory Statistics Using MYSTAT. A demonstration of MYSTAT statistics and a discussion of its use in a beginning statistics class. A presentation at the Microcomputer Information Exchange Conference and Computer Fair: Reinventing Education, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 3/21/92.

Programs and Assistantships:

Extensive training experience in behavior modification strategies while working as an inservice instructor at the Lincoln Regional Center and as a classroom consultant through Educational Service Unit No. 4.

Graduate assistant to Terry Gutkin, Ph.D. in Ed. Psy. 950. Responsibilities included the training and evaluation of graduate level educational psychology students at the University of Nebraska in the individual assessment and diagnosis of school aged children. (3 separate semester courses).

Graduate assistant to Cecil Reynolds, Ph.D. in Ed. Psy. 957. Responsibilities included the training and evaluation of graduate educational psychology students at the University of Nebraska in the clinical evaluation of children referred for educational and/or emotional difficulties.

CEDAR clinic supervisor at the Pennsylvania State University. Responsibilities include the supervision of graduate students in the clinical evaluation of children referred for educational and/or emotional difficulties.

Teaching Responsibilities

Courses taught previously at Penn State:

Educational Psychology 475. A three hour graduate level course in research design. The thrust of the course is to prepare graduate students in the area of research theory in order that they may conduct sophisticated educational research projects. This course includes microcomputer and mainframe computer applications along with computer literature searches.

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School Psychology 556. A two hour graduate level course in advanced educational assessment. The goal of this course is to prepare students to give and evaluate assessment batteries that might be used in the public schools. An actuarial model is used throughout the course. Applications involving both microcomputer and mainframe computer programs to the assessment process are included.

Educational Psychology 400. A three hour graduate level graduate/undergraduate level introductory statistics course. I have taught this course once. The major topics covered in this course are: descriptive statistics. and introductory inferential techniques through one-factor analysis of variance.

Instructional Systems 497B. A one hour graduate/undergraduate level course involving applications of microcomputer graphics in educational programming. The major topics covered in the course are: interfacing graphics routines with BASIC programs, graphics tablets and light pens, picture packing and unpacking, character generators and shape tables. An introduction to arcade animation is also provided.

Current Teaching Assignment:

Educational Psychology 101. A three hour undergraduate course in introductory statistics and research design. The major thrust of the course is to prepare undergraduates to be able to read and understand educational research. This course also has a microcomputer component that exposes students to the use of statistical programs for solving calculations. Both Apple Macintosh, and IBM microcomputers may be used by the students.

Educational Psychology 507. A three hour graduate level statistics course which teaches regression, multiple regression, analysis of variance, multiple discriminant analysis, classification procedures, and factor analysis. The course has an emphasis on computer applications and the general linear model.

School Psychology 504. A practicum for school psychologists. My responsibilities include the supervision of graduate level clinicians in the evaluation of children referred to the CEDAR clinic for psychological services.

Publications

Articles in Journals:

Hale, R. L. (1978). A factor analytic study of the Bristol Social Adjustment Guides in a rural school population. Psychological Reports 42, 215-218.

Hale, R.L. (1978). The WISC-R as a predictor of WRAT performance. Psychology in the Schools, 15, 172-175.

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Hale, R.L., Douglas, B., Cummins, A., Rittgarn, G., Breed, B., & Dabbert, D. (1978). The Slosson as a predictor of Wide Range Achievement Test performance. Psychology in the Schools, 15, 507-509.

Hale, R.L. (1979). The Utility of the WISC-R subtest scores in discriminating among adequate and underachieving children. Multivariate Behavioral Analysis, 14, 245-253.

Hale, R.L., & Potok, A.A. (1980). Sexual bias in the WISC-R. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 48, 776.

Hale, R.L., & Landino, S.A. (1981). The utility of WISC-R subtest analysis in discriminating among groups of conduct problem, withdrawn, mixed and nonproblem boys. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 49, 91-95.

Hale, R.L. (1981). RESPONSE AGREEMENT: A FORTRAN program to compute an agreement matrix for eventual pattern analysis. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 41, 787-789.

Hale, R.L. (1981). Concurrent validity of the WISC-R factor scores. Journal of School Psychology, 19, 274-278.

Hale, R.L. (1981). Cluster analysis in school psychology: An example. Journal of School Psychology, 19, 51-56.

Hale, R.L. & Potok, A.A. (1981). Sexual bias in the Slosson Intelligence Test. Diagnostiqué, 6, 3-7.

Hale, R.L., & Zuckerman, C. (1981). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Behavior Problem Checklist and the Bristol Social Adjustment Guides. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 41, 843-850.

Hale, R.L., & Raymond, M.R. (1981). Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Revised (WISC-R) patterns of strengths and weaknesses as predictors of the intelligence-achievement relationship. Diagnostiqué, 6, 35-42.

Hale, R.L., Raymond, M.R., & Gajar, A.H. (1982). Evaluating socioeconomic status bias in the WISC-R. Journal of School Psychology, 20, 145-149.

Hale, R.L., & Foltz, S. (1983). Prediction of academic achievement in handicapped adolescents using a modified form of the Luria-Nebraska Pathognomonic Scale and the WISC-R full scale IQ. Clinical Neuropsychology, 4, 99-103.

Hale, R.L. (1983). An examination for construct bias in the WISC-R across socioeconomic status. Journal of School Psychology, 21, 153-156.

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Hale, R.L., & Saxe, J.E. (1983). Profile analysis of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Revised. Journal of Psychoeducatonal Assessment, 1, 155-161.

Hale, R.L., & McDermott, P.A. (1984). Pattern analysis of an actuarial strategy for computerized diagnosis of childhood exceptionality. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 17, 30-37.

Gajar, A.H., & Hale, R.L. (1982). Factor analysis of the Quay-Peterson Behavior Problem Checklist across racially different exceptional children. The Journal of Psychology, 112, 287-293.

McDermott, P.A., & Hale, R.L. (1982). Validation of a systems-actuarial program for multidimensional classification of children. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 477-485.

Gajar, A.H., Hale, R.L. Kuzovich, C., & Saxe, J. (1984). Profile analysis of a referral sample. The Journal of Psychology, 116, 207-214.

Sindelar, P.T., Smith, M.A. Harriman, N.E., Hale, R.L., & Wilson, R.J. (1986). Teacher effectiveness in special education programs. The Journal of Special Education, 20, 195-207.

Hale, R.L., & Glassman, S.S. (1987). Using computers to construct, evaluate and apply actuarial systems of classification: A methodology and example. Computers in Human Behavior, 2 195-213..

Hale, R.L. 1987. A user-friendly test evaluation tool for school psychologists. Journal of School Psychology, 25, 102-103.

Hale, R.L. 1987. A microcomputer program for evaluating WISC-R factor scores. Journal of School Psychology, 25, 203-204.

Hale, R.L. 1987. A basic statistical package for school psychologists. Journal of School Psychology, 25, 318-319.

Hale, R.L., & Dougherty, D. (1988). Differences between Ward's and UPGMA methods of cluster analyses: Implications for school psychology. Journal of School Psychology, 26, 121- 131.

Hale, R. L. (1988). A Macintosh Program for Evaluating WISC-R Subtest Scores. Journal of School Psychology, 26, 209 - 211.

Hale, R.L. & Patrick, N.J. (1989). Numerical accuracy of statistical programs for microcomputers. Journal of School Psychology, 27, 229-233.

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Hale, R. L. (1987). Computer Applications Editorial Comment. Journal of School Psychology, 25, 431-434.

Chapters in books:

Hale, R.L. (1983). Intellectual Assessment. In A. Kazdin, M. Hersen, & A.S. Bellack (Eds.), The Clinical Psychology Handbook. (pp. 345-376). New York: Pergamon Press.

Hale, R.L. (1987). Evaluation of Intelligence, Achievement, Aptitude and Interest. In V. B. Van Hasselt & M. Hersen (Eds.), Psychological Evaluation of the Developmentally and Physically Disabled. (pp. 41-67). New York: Plenum Press. French, J. L. & Hale, R. L. (1990). A History of the Development of Psychological and

Educational Testing. In Reynolds, C. R. & Kampas, R. (Eds.), Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children. (pp. 3-28). New York: Guilford Press.

Hale, R.L. (1991). Intellectual Assessment. In M. Hersen, A. Kazdin, & A.S. Bellack (Eds.), The Clinical Psychology Handbook. (2nd Ed.) (pp 374-405). New York: Pergamon Press.

Hale, R. L. and Green, E. A. (1995). Intellectual Evaluation. In L. A. Heiden & M. Hersen, Introduction to Clinical Psychology. (pp 79-101). New York: Pergamon Press.

Books:

Hale, R. L. (1992) MYSTAT: Statistical applications Macintosh Edition.. Course Technology, Boston.

Hale, R. L. (1992) MYSTAT: Statistical applications DOS Edition. Course Technology, Boston.

Hale, R. L. & SteaGall, J. W. (1992) Business MYSTAT: Statistical Applications DOS Edition. Course Technology Boston.

Burke, Ken, & Hale, R. L. (1993) Statistics with Student SYSTAT Macintosh Edition. Course Technology, Boston.

Reviews:

Hale, R.L. (1983). [Review of Meaning and Measures of Mental Tests]. Accession number AN-0932517, Buros Institute Database (Search Label MMYB), Bibliographic Retrieval Services, Inc. (BRS).

Hale, R.L. (1984). [Review of Item Analysis of Slosson Intelligence Test]. Accession number AN-0932293, Buros Institute Database (Search Label MMYB), Bibliographic Retrieval Services, Inc. (BRS).

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Hale, R.L. (1984). [Review of Early Schooling: Cognitive and Affective Outcomes.] Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, 58, 688.

Hale, R.L. (1985). [Review of Meaning and Measures of Mental Tests]. Ninth Mental Measurements Yearbook, Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, Lincoln, NE, The University of Nebraska Press, 932-933

Hale, R.L. (1985). [Review of Item Analysis of Slosson Intelligence Test]. Ninth Mental Measurements Yearbook, Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, Lincoln, NE, The University of Nebraska Press, 737-738.

Hale, R.L. [Review of Clinical Utilization of Microcomputer Technology.] Computers in Psychology, 1, 195-196.

Hale, R.L. & Becker, M.G. (1987). [Review of Holliman WISC and WISC-R Interpretive Program.] Journal of School Psychology, 25, 434-437.

Hale, R.L. (1988). [Review of MacSpin Graphical Data Analysis Software]. Journal of School Psychology, 26, 307-311.

Hale, R.L. (1989). Behavioral Disorders in Children: A DSM-III Primer Comtemporary Psychology, 34, 60.

Hale, R.L. (1989). [Review of MYSTAT]. Journal of School Psychology, 27, 123-125.

Hale, R.L. (1989). [Review of Rational WISC-R Analysis]. Journal of School Psychology 27, 323-325.

Hale, R.L. (1990). [Review of PageMaker]. Journal of School Psychology, 28, 87-92. Hale, R. L. (1991). Graphing multivariate data with Chernoff's faces. Journal of

School Psychology 29, 403-406.

Research Reports

Hale, R.L. & Baker, G. (1990). Commercial Driver's License Basic Skills Check: Administration and Technical Manual. Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Manuscript Editing

Appointed to Editorial Advisory Board School Psychology Review, 1985.

Appointed Associate Editor Microcomputer section Journal of School Psychology, 1986 - 1992.

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Occasional reviewer for Computers in Human Behavior.

Occasional reviewer for Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Occasional reviewer for Merrill Publications.

Occasional reviewer for Advances in School Psychology.

Appointed Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 1990-1992.

Microcomputer Programs

School Psychology Information Tools (S.P.I.T.) Apple][ computer software. Information Manager. Apple][ computer software.

Statistics. Apple][ and Macintosh computer software. Classification Analysis Apple][ computer software.

Computer Assisted Learning for Statistics Apple][ software - designed for Independent Learning Course at The Pennsylvania State University.

WISC-R subtest analysis system. Macintosh computer software.

Professional Organizations

Classification Society

Penn State Representative: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACT)

Awards

National Award (first place) Spring 1986: A statistics course which I co-authored with Dr. Dennis Roberts was awarded the top award in a national competition sponsored by the Independent Study Division of the National University Continuing Education Association. The independent learning program included a workbook and a statistics disk designed to teach concepts in a beginning graduate level statistic course.

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The improvement of actuarial prediction systems for school achievement.

The utility of actuarial classification systems in remediation programs in the public schools.

Microcomputer applications in education and school psychology.

Development of "Expert" Diagnostic systems in psychological classification.

Dissertation Title

Actuarial Classification of School-age Children Referred for Psychological Evaluations in Five Southeastern Nebraska Counties.

References

Paul A. McDermott, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education 3700 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19174 (215)-673-2548

Joseph French, D.Ed.

Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology Program in School Psychology - CEDAR Building University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

(814)-863-2404 Terry Gutkin, Ph.D. University of Nebraska

Educational Psychology Clinic 130 Bancroft

Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 (402)-472-1152

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