This book describes the background, discussions, proceedings, and prospects of three consultations held by the Statistics Netherlands office under the aegis of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. The overall goal of the consultations is to facilitate the development of common methods and instruments for health interview…

This monograph is intended to guide teachers of water resources, technicians and university students in establishing physical facilities which can introduce learners to methods, techniques, and instruments used in water resources management and assessment. It is not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of equipment and their descriptions or as…

The planning, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive health program creates a continuing demand for concise and accurate information of many types. The major source of some of the most pertinent information is the American Indian people, the recipients of health services. Gathering the required information is complicated by…

This manual was prepared to assist in the development of skills requisite to rating the performance of student or beginning teachers. The activities prescribed in the manual are intended to enable experienced teachers to describe the spectrum of performances indicative of the 18 competencies subsumed in the Teacher Performance Assessment…

A number of publications, articles, and data bases that contain data related to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems' (NCHEMS) Statewide Measures Inventory are identified and described. This document does not contain the actual data, but it does describe and reference various sources where the data can be found. In addition,…

The purpose of this manual is to describe critical techniques and components that should be considered in a comprehensive program planning and evaluation system. It contains a general introductory section followed by sections on performance objectives, general assessment techniques, assessment techniques in the affective domain, process…

The basic concepts, practices, and considerations in assessment are outlined in order to provide the reader with a beginning knowledge of assessment techniques and procedures. Discussion includes the goals of assessment, types of tests, criteria for instrument selection, test construction, data collection procedures, and statistical analysis of…

A manual is presented which provides a common, preliminary frame of reference for seminar participants who desire to develop procedures for studying major social problems through the use of the urban community as a laboratory. Broadly, the seminar concentrates upon providing access to data and facilitation data collection and analyses. Although…

This instructional module is intended to present an overview of the interviewing process and to describe and allow practice in the basic skills and techniques of conducting a survey research interview. The module is designed for both undergraduate and graduate courses in research methods or as part of any established course in education or social…

The scope and content of this traffic records course are outlined in a chart (Course Structure) and tabulation (Overview of Course Content). General course objectives follow the overview. These define for the instructor the broad objectives, module by module, which the course is designed to reach. The last part of this section gives a detailed…

Nine pamphlets comprise this college-level curriculum support package about 1970 census data. "Teacher's Guide: Approaches to Census Data" describes unit objectives, discusses student materials and other publications the teacher may need, and suggests class exercises. A workbook for students gives an overview of 1970 census subject…

The purpose of this handbook is to provide guidance to data management staff within health planning agencies concerning the assemblage, analysis, and application of data for the purposes of health planning and resources development. Detailed information concerning practical, step-by-step approaches to data acquisition, analysis, and use is…

Within this document, and presented in their entirety, are five reports which depict differing views of Delaware County Community College (DCCC) from 1974 through 1980. The reports consist of both historical and predictive data, evolved from staff work related to long and short range planning. The general framework for this activity revolved about…

This paper describes procedures that resulted in a 90 percent return in a random sample survey of inner-city youth. Included are: selection of interview sites; recordkeeping; call-backs; techniques for dealing with reluctant interviewees; and composition of interview teams, including sex and ethnic matching with sample members. (SJL)

Describes a process for collection of data for training evaluation to ensure that the appropriate knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics are trained and that skill levels obtained meet minimum job requirements. Examples of a job analysis task rating form, task importance scale, ability scale, and abilities definitions are…