This package of modules comprises a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Program. The four modules included in the package contain instructional materials covering a broad range of statistical and data analytic procedures chosen on the basis of their probable utility to public managers…

This report describes and evaluates the first year of a demonstration project to develop an on-demand telecommunications network linking four remote hospitals in southwestern Ohio to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The Telecommunications Information Network (TIN) is designed to allow health care professionals at those hospitals to…

This handbook outlines procedures for planning and conducting follow-up studies of clients involved in chemical dependency programs. It is organized into eight chapters. Chapter I discusses purposes and applications of client follow-up studies. Studies may be used in program evaluation, program design, and staff development. Also, the study itself…

A project was conducted to develop and field test a practical model, usable by vocational educators, which would assess the extent to which sex bias and sex stereotyping exist in Florida's vocational education programs. The needs assessment model development phase of this study, accomplished through literature reviews, resulted in the development…

The experimental development of occupational classifications based on regularities of movement of workers among jobs has been used recently to place job seekers in available jobs. The social and psychological meaning of a classification, developed by Dauffenbach, was explored by describing the classification's categories in terms of the…

This 1978 report advises concerned persons and agencies of the nature and extent of plans developed by Juarez and Associates to use qualitative data in the evaluation of the Head Start Bilingual Bicultural Curriculum Development Project. Contractual responsibilities, multimethod data collection strategies, objectives and procedures are described.…

Effective needs assessment is not an end in itself but a continuing means of meeting the needs of students and teachers. It is an integral part of other activities such as planning, operating, and evaluating school programs and teacher center activities. The key to comprehensive needs assessment is the support and cooperation of the teachers,…

Topics which range from the more popular computing applications in accounting, statistics, and administration to the less ordinary applications of the computer to the fields of fine arts, medicine, and linguistics, are discussed in this collection of 22 conference papers. The papers are divided into four tracks: the first deals with statistical…

The research investigates the sources of applicant satisfaction with public social benefit and service programs. The hypothesis is that applicant satisfaction can be explained by analyzing the act of help-seeking in terms of personal characteristics and goals; and that applicants who receive benefits evaluate agency helpfulness, fairness, and…

The study examines the learning and personal experiences of college students in three geography courses. A major objective is to ascertain the personal meaning of the course, as denoted by the way students define the course experience, their learning, and its relation to later experiences. An additional objective is to develop a model for…

The statistical methods presented in this workbook focus on the display of central tendency, statistical tests, and correlation. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 consist of worksheets, each of which provides step-by-step instructions for calculating and interpreting a particular statistical method. The introduction to each worksheet explains how and when to…

This book is a revision of a 1976 book entitled "The School Budget Is Your Business." Like the previous book, this is an attempt to demystify the school budget and the budgeting process so that lay community members can understand and make changes in both. Chapters explain what can be learned by an examination of the budget, what a school district…

Methods of planning and administering mail surveys, developing questionnaires, and analyzing data are reviewed. Each review section is followed by an annotated list of selected readings. Topics discussed in planning a survey include decision making; survey designs; sampling plans; and ethical considerations. Developments of instruments and tupes…

This seminar was designed for State Vocational Rehabilitation agency managers, who are not professional statisticians, to provide them with an awareness of some of the more easily constructed and useful tabulations of agency data. The 3-day seminar included 39 participants from seven states, Guam, and The Vocational Rehabilitation Administration.…

The research described is based on videotapes of 40 toddlers interacting with peers during 10 small playgroup sessions spaced throughout the children's second year of life. The paper outlines the development of an observational system for studying the development of peer relations in toddlers, considers the behavioral forms which characterize peer…