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The fourth chapter presents an analysis of the data
gathered for the study and a discussion of the findings.
The fifth and final chapter presents a summary of the
study, findings, conclusions, and recommendations pertaining
to future research in the guidance associate program.
The subjects in this study were thirty-three guidance
associate trainees who comprised the experimental group and
thirty-six secondary education students who comprised the
comparison group.  The California Psychological Inventory,
the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, and the Personal Concept Scale
were administered to both groups in pretest and posttest
settings at the beginning and conclusion of the 1972-73
academic year.  A rating scale was employed to determine how
effectively the trainees demonstrated the characteristics
measured by the selected test instruments. The analysis-of-
covariance technique was used to analyze the data statis-
tically.
Significant change was found to take place in two per-
sonality characteristic groupings during the nine-month
period.  The trainees became significantly more persuasive,
self-confident, and self-assuring.   Congruence between
actual and ideal self-concepts also increased significantly
during this period.
On the basis of the posttest scores in the experimental
group, the trainees were found to be aggressive, confident,
and persistent.  They were ambitious, forceful, insightful,