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Matthews, Elizabeth W. – 1979
In order to obtain accurate and factual data, a survey instrument must be well constructed and a survey planned carefully and conducted under strict conditions. Of importance in planning a survey is a determination of previous and on-going research through an extensive literature review. In designing the survey, the researcher should aim at…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Guidelines, Literature Reviews, Questionnaires
Download full textUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Statistics on Education. – 1975
The first 15 pages of the manual provide: (1) background information on the importance of adult education, the need for adult education statistics, the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), and the scope of the term adult education; (2) the application of ISCED to adult education and the ISCED classifications (levels, fields,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Data Processing, Glossaries
Scalice, John J. – 1976
This study guide in data processing is designed to make the subject accessible to the secondary student. It contains the following units: Historical Developments, Understanding the Computer, Careers in Data Processing, The Tabulating Card, Keypunching, Interpreting, Sorting, The 514 Reproducer, The 85 Collator, and The 402 Accounting Machine. The…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Data Processing, Instructional Materials, Secondary Education
Steiner, Thomas A. – School Press Review, 1979
Offers tips to high school publication staff members on planning a survey, preparing the survey form, conducting the survey, tabulating the results, and preparing the survey as a readable, interesting feature. (GT)
Descriptors: Data Processing, High Schools, News Reporting, Research Methodology
Minnesota Instructional Materials Center, White Bear Lake. – 1976
One of 12 in the secretarial/clerical area, this booklet for the vocational instructor contains a job description for the data entry operator, a task list of areas of competency, an occupational tasks competency record (suggested as replacement for the traditional report card), a list of industry representatives and educators involved in…
Descriptors: Business Education, Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers, Data Processing
Koga, James S. – 1988
Online searchers who download large amounts of data into a single ASCII file often have difficulty fitting that large file into their MS-DOS word processors for post-processing. This paper gives step-by-step instructions for using EDLIN, a text editor for DOS files, to break up a large downloaded file into smaller files. (1 reference) (Author/EW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Processing, Filing, Floppy Disks
Allman, Katherine, A. – 1975
This document has been developed as a companion to the NCHEMS Statewide Measures Inventory with the objective of assisting individuals in the identification of available sources of data that can be related to postsecondary education planning and decision making in the United States. It identifies and describes a number of publications, articles,…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Seeking, Information Services
PDF pending restorationOhio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational Education. – 1977
One of six documents describing the Management Information System for Vocational Education (MISVE), this document is designed as a reference manual for MISVE data input clerks and technical support personnel. (MISVE was designed to provide users with an advanced management information system (MIS) capability that could effectively respond to…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Guidelines, Input Output
National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1976
This publication provides materials relating to the design, preparation, acquisition, inspection, and application of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) forms in data entry systems. Since the materials are advisory and tutorial in nature, this publication has been issued as a guideline rather than as a standard in the Federal Information…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Character Recognition, Data Processing, Government Publications
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Business Education Service. – 1974
The curriculum guide, which was prepared to serve as an aid to all teachers of business data processing, gives a complete outline for a high-school level course in both Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) and Report Program Generator (RPG). Parts one and two of the guide together comprise an introduction to data processing, which deals with…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Business Education, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Olson, Nancy B.; Lester, Daniel W. – 1974
Cutbacks in funding and personnel required the Mankato State College Library to gain more effective control over its serials collection. The task was to integrate the various data, some unrecorded, on standing orders and serials holdings and to produce for the library directors specialized lists of many types: all titles ordered from a specific…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Processing, Documentation, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedWoods, Lawrence A. – Journal of Library Automation, 1981
Provides a prescriptive checklist describing necessary or desirable features for a typical application for use in choosing among 150 available data cassette recorders as an effective low-cost method for collecting data in machine-readable form from display terminals. Included are environmental considerations and purchasing information. (RAA)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Data Processing, Evaluation Criteria, Input Output Devices
Peer reviewedWoodrow, Janice E. J. – Computers and Education, 1989
Describes the design and operation of four software packages, or macros, written in the programing language of Microsoft's EXCEL for use on the Macintosh computer for data manipulation and presentation used in educational research. Reordering tabulated data, reversing the scoring of tabulated data, and creating tables and graphs are explained.…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Data Processing, Educational Research
Interagency Council on Natural Resources and the Environment, Austin, TX. Texas Natural Resources Information System. – 1977
Descriptions are given for the 164 computerized files that comprise the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS). The system provides natural resources information to federal, state, regional, and local and private entities. File descriptions are organized under the following data and information content areas: (1) base data, (2)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Information Processing, Information Sources
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational Education. – 1977
Written for the general audience concerned with management information systems for use by vocational education agencies, this document is one of six describing the Management Information System for Vocational Education (MISVE), and provides a capsule summary of the major purposes and features of MISVE, which was designed to provide users with an…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Management Information Systems, Program Costs
