The editor apologises for some errors that were inadvertently introduced during editing into table 1 of the article by Forlin, Tait, Carroll and Jobling (QJER, 1999, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 207-225). The following table should replace table 1 on p. 215 of that issue. [Website Editor's note: The required correction has been made to the article, see http://education.curtin.edu.au/iier/qjer/qjer15/forlin.html]
Amount and Type of contact | USQ (~%) |
QUT (~%) | UQ (~%) | Total (~%) | |
Amount of contact | daily | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
weekly | 28 | 31 | 39 | 31 | |
once a month | 19 | 20 | 15 | 19 | |
once every 3 months | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | |
Less than every 3 months | 33 | 29 | 28 | 30 | |
Total responses (n) | 481 | 1556 | 247 | 2284 | |
Type of contact |
sibling | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
child | 23 | 27 | 26 | 26 | |
adult friend | 28 | 25 | 42 | 28 | |
parent | 1 | 2 | 20 | 4 | |
multiple contacts | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | |
other | 38 | 39 | - | 34 | |
Total responses (n) | 430 | 1335 | 219 | 2004 | |
Note: 1. Students making no response have been omitted from this table. 2. In some cases, 'no response'may have meant 'no contact'. 3. 'Child' and 'parent' could be interpreted as implying 'a' or 'own'. |
Queensland Journal of Educational Research, 16(1), 107. http://education.curtin.edu.au/iier/qjer/qjer16/errata16-1.html |