Conventional physics laboratory courses generally include an emphasis on increasing students' ability to carry out data analysis according to scientific practice, in particular, those aspects that relate to measurement uncertainty. This study evaluates the efficacy of the conventional approach by analyzing the understanding of measurement of…

Discusses database design concept termed "normalization" (process replacing associations between data with associations in two-dimensional tabular form) which results in formation of relational databases (they are to computers what dictionaries are to spoken languages). Applications of the database in serials control and complex systems…

A REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTING AND TESTING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR PROCESSING SCHOOL PROPERTY ACCOUNTING DATA CONSISTS OF PROCEDURAL STEPS FOR COLLECTING DATA PERTAINING TO SCHOOL SITES, BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. DATA WERE COLLECTED TO ESTABLISH COMPLETE ACCOUNTING RECORDS OF SCHOOL PROPERTY AS IT EXISTED IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, SCHOOL…

Defines and discusses bibliometrics, particularly as carried out in automated systems. The specific requirements to which data should conform to support bibliometric analysis are detailed and explained, and the Intelligent Gateway of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is described. (15 references) (Author/CLB)

The efficacy of online learning programs is tied to the suitability of the program in relation to the target audience. Based on the dataset that provides information on student enrollment, academic performance, and demographics extracted from a data warehouse of a large Southwest institution, this study explored the factors that could distinguish…

This discussion of the principal structures and factors that modify data in the decision making process considers individual-environmental structures in terms of their influences on data, as well as such factors as personality, cultural antecedents, data complexity, data load, task demand, and the individual's congruency with both the environment…

Article describes a generalized data service system that incorporates many scanning applications. (Author)

The "Break-A-Way" technique is described in a successful case history as a way to help the employee interpret computer-produced statistics and to create in him a sense of confidence. (SC)

SNAP/SHOT (System Network Analysis Program-Simulated Host Overview Technique) is a discrete simulation of a network and/or host model available through IBM at the Raleigh System Center. The simulator provides an analysis of a total IBM Communications System. Input data must be obtained from RMF, SMF, and the CICS Analyzer to determine the existing…

The NCHEMS Costing and Data Management System is designed to assist institutions in the implementation of cost studies. There are at least two kinds of cost studies: historical cost studies which display cost-related data that reflect actual events over a specific prior time period, and predictive cost studies which forecast costs that will be…

THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DEVELOP, DEMONSTRATE, AND EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A PARTICULAR MODEL FOR A STUDENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, INCORPORATING PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED INFORMATION PLUS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE DATA FROM STUDENTS. A CENTRAL DATA BANK WAS ESTABLISHED TO INCLUDE (1) THE ACADEMIC RECORD OF THE STUDENT…

Discusses computer reduction and interpretation of chemical data in order to determine research trends. (SL)