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Download full textStewart, Ian; Johnson, F. Craig – 1984
Some of the conceptual qualitative ideas needed to test nonlinear models empirically and to modify them are described. Relationships among these ideas and computer applications are also examined to elucidate the general process of nonlinear modeling. Two examples are presented along with a discussion of bifurcation, catastrophe, and maximum…
Descriptors: College Administration, Equations (Mathematics), Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education
Huberty, Carl J. – 1985
An approach to statistical testing, which combines Neyman-Pearson hypothesis testing and Fisher significance testing, is recommended. The use of P-values in this approach is discussed in some detail. The author also discusses some problems which are often found in introductory statistics textbooks. The problems involve the definitions of…
Descriptors: Goodness of Fit, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Mathematics Materials
Duthie, Pamela Rae – 1977
To determine the effects of water exercise on the movements of multiple sclerosis patients, this study utilized tests to determine changes in the linear range of motion of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist after a 45-minute period of water activities and to determine if the movement became more effective. The test used was an overhead throw with a…
Descriptors: Diseases, Exercise (Physiology), Hypothesis Testing, Motor Development
RIENDEAU, ALBERT J. – 1966
DATA ON CHARACTERISTICS OF 324 SECOND SEMESTER FRESHMEN AT WEST VALLEY COLLEGE WERE ANALYZED BY USE OF THE "PATTERN SEARCH AND TABLE TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE". A COMPUTER WAS PROGRAMMED TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP AMONG CHARACTERISTICS. THE COMPUTER PRINTOUT WAS IN THE FORM OF COMPLETE SENTENCES CONCERNING SUCH RELATIONSHIPS.…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs, Counseling, Counseling Services
Isherwood, Geoffrey B.; And Others – 1979
This monograph discusses a study of the quality of school life of students in comprehensive high schools in Quebec. Two methods were used to compile data: a survey of 30 secondary schools involving 2,000 students from 15 large and 15 small settings, and an ethnographic study of one large and one small school. Student attitudes toward school both…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Quality, Ethnography, High Schools
Weber, Marvin G.; Dahlquist, Joyce E. – 1967
After a review of the literature suggested that public health services are generally less prevalent among rural than among urban residents, the following null hypothesis was developed: There is no significant difference in the specified health and welfare services between certain predetermined rural and urban areas. The geographical areas selected…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation, Mental Health, Public Health
Alexander, Patsy; And Others – 1977
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between nutritional knowledge and eating habits of college students. Data were collected from 1,930 college juniors and seniors on 69 college and university campuses in 25 states. The students were members of the national home economics honor society and non-home economics students, male…
Descriptors: College Students, Eating Habits, Higher Education, Home Economics Education
RMC Research Corp., Mountain View, CA. – 1975
This report presents the results of a two-year project to design, pretest, and revise the Statistical Survey of Elementary Schools, which is intended to provide information on federally funded elementary education programs operating in local public school systems. The report also documents the activities and decisions that brought about these…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Federal Programs, Field Studies, National Surveys
Perry, Wayne D. – 1975
The document presents the corporate and managerial policy results of quantitative models of an individual's propensity to terminate from manpower programs. The models were tested using a sample from 10 firms participating in the National Alliance of Businessmen (NABS) and the Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) programs formed to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Labor Force
Blake, Brian F.; And Others – 1975
A random sample of 114 adult residents in different communities rated the importance of various attributes of their community environment in affecting their quality of life. Factor analyses of the ratings reflect five dimensions or value orientations and are labeled as: (1) institutional maintenance, (2) commercial maintenance, (3) personal…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Influence, Community Support, Community Surveys
Keown, Lauriston L.; Hakstian, A. Ralph – 1972
This study involved an investigation of the use of Pearson r, tetrachoric r, phi, phi/phi maximum, and Kendall Tau-B coefficients as measures of association for the incomplete principal components analysis of simulated Likert scale attitudinal data, based on a known factor pattern and possessing different types of severe departures from normality.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Componential Analysis, Correlation, Data Analysis
Ferguson, Patricia, Ed.; And Others – 1974
This volume was prepared for the National Institute on Drug Abuse as a part of a Research Issues Series. The issues of drug use and abuse have generated many volumes of words, all written in an attempt to explain the problem and suggest the solution. Data have been generated by researchers from many disciplines, each looking at a particular aspect…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Family Influence, Human Development, Peer Acceptance
Cleveland, Albert Allan – 1970
Evaluation findings of a teacher aide project implemented in grades 4 to 12 of a small rural school via the SEARCH (Selection of Educational Alternatives for Rural Change) program during the second semester of the 1969-70 school term are given. The project--carried out in the County of Lacombe in Alberta, Canada--made 2 aides available to all…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Trends, Program Evaluation, Rural Education
Edmison, Glenn Allen – 1973
The objectives of the study were to assess certain qualities of existing industrial arts programs in the State of Washington in an effort to describe the accepted industrial arts discipline in that State and to compare those existing programs with a group of selected innovative programs, trendsetters, as determined in a prior study. The research…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Doctoral Dissertations
Stone, Richard – 1971
This report describes and develops a model for coordinating a variety of demographic and social statistics within a single framework. The framework proposed, together with its associated methods of analysis, serves both general and specific functions. The general aim of these functions is to give numerical definition to the pattern of society and…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Development, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns
