Two population raw data matrices were constructed by computer simulation techniques. Each consisted of 10,000 subjects and 12 variables, and each was constructed according to an underlying factorial model consisting of four major common factors, eight minor common factors, and 12 unique factors. The computer simulation techniques were employed to…

The work reported aims at the construction of a sufficient theory of transition in cognitive development. The method of theory construction employed is computer simulation of cognitive process. The core of the model of transition presented comprises self-modification processes that, as a result of continuously monitoring an exhaustive record of…

The Operating Growth Budget at Yale University is a model used to indicate what would happen to the university's various endowment funds over a substantial period of time, under verying conditions of both university policy and the business cycle. The role of the return from endowment in the operating budget can thus be calculated for yearly…

The present paper employs a behavioral simulation model and data on 4,693 school districts to provide new information about the expenditure effects of the current Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program and three major alternatives. The model examines the likely effect of the four options, differing in the choice of targets…

Designed for use in a post-masters level course in library science, this model presents background information about the hypothetical library which is the context for the role-playing and in-basket exercises of a governmental library simulation. An organization chart, operations manual, annual report, and other documents serve to convey…

Simulation--here defined as a physical, procedural, or symbolic representation of certain aspects of a functioning system, or as a working model or representation of a real world system--has at least four areas of application: (1) training where the objective of simulation is to provide the trainee with a learning environment that will facilitate…

The experiment used a repeated measures design to test some hypotheses about the reaction of high school students to simulated jobs. Students explored six divergent jobs in random order and gave their reactions to each job by filling out a standard questionnaire. The results strongly support some revised formulations of Holland's theory of how…

The authors investigated the feasibility of desiging cost/benefit, or cost effectiveness models for two alternative organizations within United States Air Force: the United States Air Force Academy and the Reserve Officer Training Corps of Air University. On the basis of the situation analyses, two cost simulation models for both institutions were…

A project was conducted to develop and evaluate a reality-based simulation model of the role of a Special Education administrator in a state education agency, for use in the training of administrators of Special Education in state education agencies. Three specific objectives of the study were to develop a set of reality-based items based on…

In May of 1970, a 1-week workshop brought together vocational educators, information science experts, and specialists in planned educational change for the purpose of developing models of information systems designed to utilize research and development information in bringing about innovations designed to facilitate vocational-technical education…

This paper reports a preliminary study on the development of a linear-programing- type model to stimulate a constrained Federal program of educational support to the States. This model determines the distribution of fixed amount funds according to some measure of effectiveness. Federal involvement so far has been in the form of Federal aid that is…

A Rand evaluation of activity and products of gaming, model-building, and simulation carried out under the auspices of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aimed not only to assess the usefulness of gaming in military-political policymaking, but also to contribute to the definition of common standards and the refinement of objectives for…

The report describes the Army Individual Training Establishment and the model designed to simulate the training given by the 11 Army Training Centers and by the 54 Army Service Schools in terms of students/trainees and the instructor/trainer and overhead staffing and costs required to support the training requirements. The model accepts…

The fifth (of 14) volume of the Education and Training Consultant's (ETC) series on systems engineering of education is designed for readers who have completed others in the series. It reviews arithmetic and algebraic procedures and applies these to simple education and training systems. Flowchart models of example problems are developed and…