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Khoshlessan, Rezvan; Das, Kumer Pial – Journal of International Students, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore international students' study anxiety in a mid-sized public four-year university in Southeast Texas by comparing their existing study anxiety along lines of nationality, gender, age, major, degree, and stage of education. The subjects were selected using a convenience sample during the Spring of 2013. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Anxiety, Statistical Significance
Williams-Damond, Twyla A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The focus of this research mainly centers on a quantitative descriptive overview of corporal punishment practices in the state of Mississippi, but this study also includes a legal document analysis component. This study forms the Mississippi portion of a comprehensive analysis of the demographics of corporal punishment in the public schools of the…
Descriptors: Punishment, Statistical Analysis, Content Analysis, Demography
Ahn, June – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2016
This Fordham study, conducted by learning technology researcher June Ahn from NYU, dives into one of the most promising-and contentious-issues in education today: virtual schools. What type of students choose them? Which online courses do students take? Do virtual schools lead to improved outcomes for kids? With over thirty-five thousand students…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Virtual Classrooms, Enrollment Rate, Academic Achievement
Wofford, Douglas – On Target, 1998
Examines the advantages of geodemography (the study of population characteristics within a geographic context) and predictive statistical modeling for college student recruitment, and describes a new College Board service combining the strengths of the two approaches with its education-specific data collected from college-bound students. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, Demography, Geographic Distribution
Washington State Office of Financial Management, Olympia. – 1987
This statistical profile provides current demographic data for Washington State and is also broken down by counties, incorporated cities, and towns. Fifteen tables show population figures; components of population change; housing units by structure type; annexations, incorporations and municipal boundary changes; growth of households; estimates of…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Community Size, Demography
Johnson, Patricia A.; And Others – 1983
This report presents 1980 census data on the geographic distribution of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The 1980 census was the first one to identify the total Asian and Pacific Islander population and its subgroups. Information on the total Asian and Pacific Islander population is shown for the United States, regions,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Demography, Filipino Americans
Chicago Dept. of Development and Planning, IL. – 1973
Based on selected data from the 1970 census, this report provides a general description of Chicago's Spanish-speaking population's: (1) general population characteristics; (2) age and family characteristics; (3) income; (4) labor force characteristics; (5) education; and (6) housing. Using the Census Bureau's definition of Spanish speaking (all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Census Figures, Citizenship
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. – 1987
Information on the number and location of U.S. artists, as reported in the 1980 Census of Population, is examined, and comparisons are made with 1970 Census figures. This document describes national growth trends in specific art occupations and regional changes in comparison to total labor force changes. The impact of migration on the distribution…
Descriptors: Artists, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. – 1978
The document explains geographic concepts, products, and programs developed by the Census Bureau to assist users in analyzing census data for geographic areas. Emphasis is on small-area data such as census tracts, city blocks, minor civil divisions, incorporated places, congressional districts, and wards. Also presented are data for larger units…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography
Siegel, Jacob S.; And Others – 1976
This report presents a statistical portrait of the demographic aspects of aging and the older population in the Unites States. Most of the estimates are based on data from decennial censuses, the program of nonsurvey population estimates and projections carried out by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the Current Population Survey, and other census…
Descriptors: Age, Census Figures, Demography, Economic Status