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 report surveys 1973-74 undergraduate comprehensive state scholarship programs in 28 states. Data concerns dollars and number of awards and related information by states; characteristics of 1973-74 comprehensive state financial aid programs; definitions of a self-supporting student; awards and dollars payout percentages by type of institution…

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)

This booklet summarizes the 1972-73 annual reports of member institutions to the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Of the 398 institutional members of NASM in 1972-73, 355 (90%) submitted annual reports. Statistical data are presented for enrollments and degrees awarded in the undergraduate, master's, post-master's (nondoctoral) and…

The data presented in this report call attention to inappropriate use of the Eigenroot criterion in factor work, a practice which has probably grown out of a theoretical focus on determining basic laws of behavior, rather than a practical emphasis on providing information that will be useful to college instructors and administrators. When…

Estimates of the cost of rearing children have been developed by the Consumer and Food Economics Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, from the 1960-61 Survey of Consumer Expenditures conducted jointly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the USDA. Costs are at the levels of the USDA's economy,…

In using this directory to locate a specific item of information, consult the index. Choose the most specific key word you can think of rather than a general term. To get an idea of the type of information gathered by, or publications produced by a given department, check the Table of Contents for the name of the agency and the inclusive paging.…

A study was made of the use of consumer credit by Home Demonstration Club (HDC) members in Blount County, Tennessee, as a basis for planning educational programs. Data were secured by group interviews from 237 Home Demonstration Club members representing 24 clubs. The data were classified according to the members use of consumer credit: those who…

Students' answers to a questionnaire related to their participation in an alternate program at McBride School in Vancouver are summarized. The students (28 girls and 25 boys) represented a class of 144 students in the alternate programs in grades 4 through 7. (For related documents, see TM 002 487, 489.) (DB)

In an attempt to better understand students' reasons for withdrawing from Cerritos College, a follow-up postage-paid postcard questionnaire was sent to a sample of 1,027 students who had withdrawn between the first and tenth week of the Fall semester of 1972. Of the questionnaires, 34.3% were completed and returned. Analyses of the responses…

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 common problem in educational research is measuring the degree of relationship or association between two variables. Many investigators habitually use Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient or a transformation of x2. In the past two decades, however, a variety of association measures have been introduced in the statistics literature.…

The summary data and statistical schedules contained in this report have been compiled from the individual submissions of each of the provincially-assisted universities in Ontario. The submissions show details of total university revenue by fund and total university expenses by fund, function and object of expense for the 10 months in the fiscal…

This report summarizes survey data on physical facilities in institutions of higher education in 1968, relates them to enrollments for the same period, and contrasts them with a somewhat similar analysis in 1957. The analysis highlights the differences between groups of colleges and universities classified by institutional control, level, and…

This report summarizes information received from collaborators in state health departments, hospitals, and other pertinent sources regarding abortions reported to the Center for Disease Control for the April-June quarter of 1971. Data in tabular and narrative form are given for abortion ratios by state, reported abortions by menstrual weeks of…