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Download full textIngels, Steven J.; And Others – 1990
This manual is designed to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the base-year school component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). A corollary objective is to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data files. The manual provides a wide range of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Pride, Cletis G.; Fowler, Joseph S. – 1990
An overview of market research is provided, with advice about conducting market research for the educator. Market research is any kind of research that gives information about the current state of the market and offers guidance in improving one's position in that market. The relative advantages of conducting market research by oneself or by hiring…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Marketing
O'Connell, Martin; Bachu, Amara – Current Population Reports, 1987
Statistics are presented in chart and graph form on an estimated 26.5 million children under the age of 15 whose mothers were employed either part-time or full-time during the winter of 1984-85. How these children were cared for while their mothers worked, the complexity of these arrangements, the accompanying daily disruptions in the mother's…
Descriptors: Children, Costs, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Novotny, Eric, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to document how ARL member libraries are collecting, using, and modifying their data on reference service transactions. A total of 74 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
O'Connell, Martin; Rogers, Carolyn C. – Current Population Reports, 1983
The Special Studies Series of analytical reports, prepared by demographers in the Population Division, Bureau of the Census, present analyses of statistics and suggest possible implications for public policy. Part of this series, the present report uses data from the June 1982 Current Population Survey and updates a June 1977 Census Bureau study…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Demography, Early Childhood Education
Roberts, David – 1985
Distance education at Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education (RMIHE) in Australia is addressed in two papers by David Roberts. The first paper, "Approaches to Learning: An Institutional Study," discusses the results of 1984 questionnaires and diaries completed by RMIHE distance education students. Information was sought on how…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Distance Education, Extension Education, Foreign Countries
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Maxwell, Kimberly A., Comp. – 1996
This document reports data for the law and medical components of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) university libraries in the United States and Canada. Tables of summary data for collections, expenditures, and personnel and public services are presented separately for law and medical libraries by fiscal year. In addition, footnotes to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Law Libraries
Peer reviewedBraverman, Marc T., Ed.; Slater, Jana Kay, Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1996
The seven articles of this special issue focus on theory and research related to survey methods and whether evaluators need information that is absent from the larger survey literature. These articles reflect the view that the considerations relating to good survey research apply also to using surveys in evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Needs Assessment
Walker, Elizabeth – FEDA Report, 1997
The extent to which staff appraisal has been implemented at Britain's public sector further education (FE) institutions and the characteristics, benefits, and disadvantages of existing appraisal systems were examined in a survey of 233 FE institutions (36% of all institutions in the public FE sector). Of the FE institutions surveyed, 76% had one…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
Soete, George J., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1998
This survey was conducted to discover how extensively ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries are involved in formal, active programs of collaboration for collections management. Seventy ARL libraries completed a questionnaire focusing on all collections formats and a number of related collections management activities. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Administration
Barwuah, Adjei; Green, Muriel; Lawson, Liz – FEDA Report, 1997
This document examines three studies that explored additional support, retention, and guidance in England's urban colleges. The foreword and summary discuss the mission, focus, and results of each study. "Funding and Tracking Additional Support in Basic Skills and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)" (Liz Lawson, Philida…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Check Lists, Counseling Services
