The report on the clinical practice of podiatry is the product of a national survey of podiatrists conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics with the cooperation of the American Podiatry Association during the period January--March 1970. The survey was conducted by a self-administered questionnaire (a facsimile of which comprises an…

The report on national resources in ophthalmology is the product of a national survey of ophthalmologists between May and December 1968. The survey was conducted by a self-administered questionnaire (a facsimile of which comprises an appendix) that was mailed to the approximately 10,300 ophthalmologists in the United States, of whom over 10,100…

To collect and disseminate information concerning law enforcement education in the United States, questionnaires were mailed to 362 colleges and universities with 257 returning the forms. A total of 261 law enforcement programs were offered at 234 separate educational institutions, with 199 associate, 44 baccalaureate, 13 master's, and 5 doctorate…

This factbook is a pocket-sized looseleaf notebook containing blank statistical tables where data may be recorded concerning institutions. Eight major sections, which include tables, provide a place for information about the school's history, academic constituents, admissions and enrollment, academic programs, finances, physical resources, student…

This sample survey of military personnel, as of February 1971, provides the following data: Total Enlisted Men by Grade; Regular Army Enlisted Men by Grade; and Other Than Regular Army Enlisted Men by Grade. (Author/DB)

Normative data for the students taking the Miller Analogies Test at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are reported. Separate norms are provided for U.W. students (N=366) and non-U.W. students (N=162). All students were tested in 1969 or 1970 with either Form M or Form L. (Author)

A table of critical values is presented for use with Chacko's ordered alternatives test for the analysis of variance. (Author/JKS)

A reliable description of the person who writes media letters to newspapers and broadcast stations can be compiled from a combination of telephone and mail data less expensively than attempting to locate these letter writers through a random sample. (Author/JEG)

This report presents detailed statistical tables that reflect the demographic and employment characteristics of doctoral degree holding scientists and engineers in the United States. The data were collected from the 1999 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) with the purpose of providing information to researchers and policymakers in their decision…

This document reports the Research and Development Funding and Performance by Nonprofit Organizations for fiscal years of 1996-1997. Two different questionnaires were used to collect data on the research and development activities of nonprofit organizations. Sections include: (1) Detailed Statistical Tables: Nonprofit Performers of Research and…

This volume links the year's current news to encyclopedic and almanac-style information on science and technology. This second edition is completely updated, offering full news coverage for 1999, revised statistical tables, and updated facts and figures. The timeline has been expanded to include more problems and catastrophes associated with…

A statistical analysis using the social marginal product of labor to estimate the rate of return on investment in education instead of market earnings. (BC)

Broad trends in occupational employment have been projected fairly accurately by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and significant improvements have been made in procedures for developing projections. However, accuracy has not increased over time. (JOW)

Presents: "Prices of United States and Foreign Published Materials"; "Book Title Output and Average Prices"; "Book Sales Statistics, 1998"; "United States Book Exports and Imports: 1998"; "International Book Title Output: 1990-96"; "Number of Book Outlets in the United States and Canada";…

This article reconsiders the issue of clinical versus statistical prediction. The term clinical is widely used to denote 1 pole of 2 independent axes: the observer whose data are being aggregated (clinician/expert vs. lay) and the method of aggregating those data (impressionistic vs. statistical). Fifty years of research suggests that when…