Abstract: | This article, based in part onthe author's doctoral thesis written in the Department of Sociology, Indiana University, in 1963-64, has the following chapters: 1. The sociological problem; II. Theoretical frame of reference; III. Hypotheses to be tested; IV. Operational definitions of concepts and specification of measuring instruments; V. The reliability and validity of the quantitative scales; VI. Methods of gathering data; VII. Differentiation of the general background characteristics of the African students; VIII. Test of the hypothesis; IX. Research findings in relationship to other studies; X. Conclusion. Notes; tables; diagram. |