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Download full textVarenais, Kristina – 1977
This document deals with a common problem: the fact that "needs assessment" is often required by law and regulation, but there is little agreement on what the term means or what the process entails. The uses and definitions of the term "needs assessment" are examined and categorized along with the various methodologies which are ascribed to it.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Change, Community Surveys, Data Collection
Peer reviewedCooper, Cary L., Ed. – Small Group Behavior, 1981
Focuses on small groups in work organizations, sources of stress, and available social support systems in five articles. Includes a methodological paper on measuring social support in work groups. Analyzes the complexity of coping strategies, and the relationship of occupational and life stressors to each other and the family. (KMF)
Descriptors: Coping, Decision Making, Family Role, Group Dynamics
Direct linkZwemer, Diane – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
Presents an annotated bibliography of ERIC materials, covering problems, practices, and priorities in institutional research; the role of the institutional research office; and research guidelines and procedures. (DMM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Administration, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBrown, Lynne Harrington, Ed.; Kidwell, Jeannie S., Ed. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1982
Examines in 13 articles, three areas of change in family research methodology. Considers major determinants of change in the subject matter of family studies. Addresses the central measurement problem of family studies, i.e., relationships. Presents illustrative examples of the advancement of research technologies in family studies. (RC)
Descriptors: Change, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Family (Sociological Unit)
