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Statistical procedures used to address this study's research questions were: frequency distributions, percentages, means, standard deviations, t-tests, analysis of variance, correlations, and multiple regression. Since no significant differences between respondents and non-respondents were observed, the results obtained from the respondents were generalized to the entire sample and the target population.","Findings and conclusions. (1) Guidance directors had generally positive attitudes toward vocational education in comprehensive secondary schools (3.63 on the 5-point scale). (2) Guidance directors were generally uncertain concerning their perceptions of vocational education in their schools (3.30). (3) The overall program quality mean was higher for business education (3.98) compared to agricultural education (3.49), home economics (3.44), and industrial education (3.41). (4) Departmental guidance practices concerning vocational education were perceived to be generally positive (3.74) by guidance directors. (5) Significant, positive relationships were observed between guidance directors' attitudes toward vocational education and departmental guidance practices (r =.60) and between their perceptions of vocational education in their schools and departmental guidance practices (r =.42).","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T14:01:47Z (GMT). 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Statistical procedures used to address this study's research questions were: frequency distributions, percentages, means, standard deviations, t-tests, analysis of variance, correlations, and multiple regression. Since no significant differences between respondents and non-respondents were observed, the results obtained from the respondents were generalized to the entire sample and the target population.","Findings and conclusions. (1) Guidance directors had generally positive attitudes toward vocational education in comprehensive secondary schools (3.63 on the 5-point scale). (2) Guidance directors were generally uncertain concerning their perceptions of vocational education in their schools (3.30). (3) The overall program quality mean was higher for business education (3.98) compared to agricultural education (3.49), home economics (3.44), and industrial education (3.41). (4) Departmental guidance practices concerning vocational education were perceived to be generally positive (3.74) by guidance directors. (5) Significant, positive relationships were observed between guidance directors' attitudes toward vocational education and departmental guidance practices (r =.60) and between their perceptions of vocational education in their schools and departmental guidance practices (r =.42).","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T14:01:47Z (GMT). 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