The research presented in this paper demonstrates that Katz and Kahn's (1966) distinction between people-processing and object-processing organizations is a useful classification scheme that can help explain differences in organizational communication systems. To assess the usefulness of Katz and Kahn's scheme, data derived from a sample of more…

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING (PROJECTING FUTURE TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES AND PROBABILITIES IN RELATION TO CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH AND IN RELATION TO POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS WITH SOCIETY, WITH THE ECONOMY, AND WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT) BY MEANS OF COMPUTER UTILIZATION HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODOLOGY AND CURRICULUMS…

Reviews pattern recognition techniques of multivariate statistical analysis as a means of data reduction. (SL)

Two factor analysis algorithms, previously described by P. Horst, have been programed for use on the General Electric Time-Sharing Computer System. The first of these, Principal Components Analysis (PCA), uses the Basic Structure Successive Factor Method With Residual Matrices algorithm to obtain the principal component vectors of a correlation…

The Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Programs (CODAP) are designed for analyzing and retrieving occupational survey information collected by means of job inventories. Two programs that are parts of the CODAP system are described: the Ordering of Hierarchically Grouped Case Data (KPATH) program which reorders case data permitting…

Two of the most successful regional educational data processing centers in Iowa are analyzed to provide information for future efforts to develop educational information systems. Objectives of the system and its scope of operation are determined. Then hardware/software necessary to achieve these goals is specified, along with an estimated budget…

This document reports the results of a study that surveyed and analyzed educational information at certain educational agencies to determine whether or not certain information items are presently maintained at various State departments of education and at certain large school districts. A summary of information maintained by each State department…

An analysis of existing computerized data banks in science and technology reveals that nearly half of them involve the storage and retrieval of bibliographic data. Activity in this area has been independent and autonomous. This situation is now giving way to a new environment which involves cooperation, standards, and a rigorous rational analysis…

The International Relations Archive undertakes as its primary goals the acquisition, management and dissemination of international affairs data. The first document enclosed is a copy of the final machine readable codebook prepared for the data from the Political Events Project, 1948-1965. Also included is a copy of the final machine-readable…

The developmental paper, one of a series written as the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) was conceptualized, is a first attempt to picture the computer system necessary to carry out the project's goals. It describes the basic structure and the anticipated strategies of development of the computer system to be used.…

Science and technology use a large variety of symbols to represent physical properties, chemical formulas, and mathematical expressions. Since data centers which codify and evaluate physical properties need to use this conventional symbolism, it is recommended that they adopt the symbols and terminology specified by the various International…

The System for Program Information in Continuing Education (SPICE), an information system being implemented at The University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada), was designed to facilitate the collection, manipulation, and reporting of evaluative data from continuing education program participants. The objectives of the system include the following: to…

The development of a technique for a computer-based content analysis of interview data is described. A preliminary version of ANACONDA (ANAlysis of CONcepts by DAta-processing) is presented, and empirical results are shown from the application of the technique by independent coders to test material. Proposed modifications and extensions of the…