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Moore, R. P.; Shah, B. V. – 1975
An efficiency study was conducted of the sampling design used for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS), and the change variables used in the first followup. Nine alternative designs were compared, using a cost model based upon the number of schools and students sampled. Fourteen change variables and eight domains…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Efficiency
Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Morgan, James N., Ed. – 1975
This volume focuses on the main issues to which the Panel Study of Income Dynamics was directed--the determinants of the changing economic fortunes of black and white families. The economic status of the families studied, patterns of transition, and changes in the structure of the families and their relationship to changes in economic activity are…
Descriptors: Blacks, Consumer Economics, Day Care, Economic Change
O'Connell, Dorothy, Comp.; And Others – 1978
This bulletin, number 41, provides an inventory of abstracts of ongoing or recently completed research studies relating to children. In addition, Bulletin 41 contains a bibliography on children and television and television advertising which updates previous ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood bibliographies on the subject. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Abuse, Child Development
Ayers, Jerry B. – 1980
Followup studies of graduates of the Tennessee Technological University have been conducted and reported since 1973. This report presents the findings of the seventh year of the project. The first chapter contains an overview of the total operation and a summary of the major purposes of the project. Chapter two contains a presentation and analysis…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Graduate Surveys, Job Satisfaction, Longitudinal Studies
Wallace, Grace Spice; May, W. Theodore – 1980
The first of a two-volume report on the findings of the Longitudinal Career Pattern Study of Graduates of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing (UTCN) 1954-1974 is presented. Volume I includes a description of the study, the characteristics of the target population and participants, the identification of the geographic regions from which…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Career Development, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
O'Connell, Dorothy, Comp.; And Others – 1979
This bulletin, number 42, provides an inventory of abstracts of ongoing or recently completed research studies relating to children. Bibliographic sources of the bulletin include ERIC documents, journal articles, books, reports, and conference papers. Citations are entered under the following categories: long-term research, growth and development,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Abuse, Child Development
Borker, Susan R.; Loughlin, Julia – 1979
The paper explores the present economic and social position of over 5,000 middle-aged women (39-53) and examines the relationship of their present status to their future financial security. The women were interviewed six times from 1967 to 1976; black respondents outnumbered whites approximately three to one. Results indicate that while the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Divorce, Economic Status, Employed Parents
WARREN, RICHARD D.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AN EXPERIMENTAL ACTION AND RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED DURING 1960-64 BY THE IOWA AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS EXPERIMENT STATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GENERAL MANAGERS OF LOCAL RETAIL FARM SUPPLY RETAIL BUSINESSES DEALING IN FERTILIZER AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes
National Swedish Board of Education, Stockholm. – 1979
Interim results of a longitudinal study of the effects of socioeconomic segregation in six Swedish urban municipalities are reported in this document. The empirical work discussed includes interviews with school staffs and the collection of public data concerning schools and pupils in the Swedish cities. The studies focus on the student population…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, De Facto Segregation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Kapes, Jerome T.; And Others – 1980
Three models of multiple regression analysis (MRA): single equation, commonality analysis, and path analysis, were applied to longitudinal data from the Pennsylvania Vocational Development Study. Variables influencing weekly income of vocational education students one year after high school graduation were examined: grade point averages (grades…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, High School Graduates, High Schools, Income
Barik, Henri C.; Swain, Merrill – 1978
This paper presents the findings of the last completed evaluation of a partial immersion program in St. Thomas, Ontario, which involves the use of French as the medium of instruction for half the school day and English for the other half, beginning in Grade One. Unlike the previous evaluation, in the current one a Canadian-normed instrument was…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Powers, Stephen – 1979
A longitudinal study was initiated in the Tuscon Unified School District (TUSD) to follow the achievement of seventh and ninth grade Title I students: (1) to investigate the suitability and difficulty of the Total Reading Test of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS); (2) to compare the gains in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Testing
Kentric, Dragica – 1979
Yugoslav elementary school students of English as a second language were the subjects of a longitudinal study to determine factors influencing the acquisition of correct English pronunciation. The students were tested for their ability to articulate 32 sounds within ten specific English words. The test was administered each year from the second…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Lazar, Irving; And Others – 1978
The findings of several longitudinal studies of low income children who participated in experimental preschool intervention programs over the past decade and a half are summarized in this report. The data resulting from these studies are organized into four categories: (1) preschool effects on target children's later school performances, including…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Aspiration, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Hermanns, Jo – 1979
This study attempts to identify potential school problems in preschool children in order to facilitate the provision of relevant information for systematic screening and early guidance. Data from the first 14 months (to the end of the preschool period) of a longitudinal study extending from 4 1/2 years of age to the end of second grade are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Development
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