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THE NATURE OF ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS AND SOME CONDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM WHICH FACILITATE OR RETARD THESE COGNITIVE PROCESSES, PART II, ANALYSIS, SYNTHESIS, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.

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NORRELL, GWENDOLYN; ROKEACH, MILTON – 1966

THIS STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH THE NATURE AND RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE COGNITIVE FACTORS, ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS, AND THEIR PERSONALITY AND ACADEMIC CORRELATES. ENTERING FRESHMEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WERE TESTED WITH A BATTERY OF NINE TESTS TO OBTAIN THE DATA REQUIRED FOR ANALYSIS. SUSPECTED CONTAMINATION OF THE TEST RESULTS DUE TO…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Research Methodology

A Comparative Evaluation of Indexes of Rurality--Their Policy Implications and Distributional Impacts. Center for Rural Manpower and Public Affairs Special Paper No. 22.

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Sinclair, Bill; Manderscheid, Lester V. – 1974

Eleven indexes of rurality and their effect on the classification of Michigan's 83 counties were investigated. The indexes were based on different concepts of rurality: (1) percent of employment in agriculture, fishing, and forestry; (2) population density and distance to urban centers; and (3) economic conditions. Index rankings were compared to…

Descriptors: Agriculture, Classification, Cluster Grouping, Comparative Analysis

Metropolitan Schools: Administrative Decentralization vs. Community Control.

Ornstein, Allan C. – 1974

This book is divided into four chapters. The first examines the concepts and issues related to understanding social systems and how the schools can be viewed as a social system. The differences between centralization and decentralization, as well as systems-analysis and management-control approaches are also explored. In the next chapter, we are…

Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Involvement, Decentralization

Study of Non-Responders to the Follow-Up Survey of 1980 Completers and Leavers. Technical Report.

Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1981

A study was conducted to determine the extent and nature on non-respondent bias in the follow-up survey in 1981 of Michigan secondary vocational education students from the class of 1980. The response rate to the annual survey has been approximately 76 percent in past years, yet there remains a significant non-response bias potential. This study,…

Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Data Collection, Dropout Research, Followup Studies