Explains the use of graphic representations of abstract concepts in teaching college level sociology students about data analysis and research design. (Author/DB)

Discusses recent protest concerning the conduct of survey research. (SL)

Develops a theory of the career as a strategic link between the labor market and individual socioeconomic attainments. Reviews the treatment of careers in the literature of occupational sociology and considers limitations of traditional conceptualization. (Author/DB)

Opportunities exist to influence participation rates in favor of selling. The first step is to communicate the facts about modern sales careers-the challenges, satisfactions, and rewards-to the universities, colleges, and schools responsible for developing marketing people as well as to the general public. (Author)

The research focused on the value patterns of two groups representing different generations. Findings indicate that significant differences in values exist between American adolescents and their parents, but that both groups possess similar value orientations with regard to specific traditional values. (Author/DB)

The effects of immediate knowledge of results, goal setting instructions, and subjects' sex upon answering choice questions were evaluated in a group of seventh grade students. (Editor)

Since 1950, social changes and employment-retirement experiences have contributed to a dramatic increase in labor force participation rates for women, a slower but steady decline for men, and a mixed pattern for teenagers. Tables and charts depict data analyzed in the text. (MF)

Standardized assessment instruments provide data less useful for decision making in infant intervention programs than continuous assessments of progress by which infants' responses to specific treatment cues or situations are monitored daily. (GW)

The newly developed mathematical theory of fuzzy subsets can be applied to educational research and the development of systems for the management of instruction. (SD)

This research used tasks analogous to Delayed Matching-to-Sample tasks to study pigeons' Short Term Memory for responses and reinforcers, as well as for more conventional stimuli. The broad question is whether stimulus, response, and reinforcer memories are all influenced in the same way by the same independent variables. (Author/RK)

Focuses on the relationship before and after pregnancy between a group of young mothers and the fathers of their children. Considers the problem of legitimizing the child and the provision of a so-called "normal" home with both parents versus the adequate preparation of the young mother for future life through completion of her…

One hundred and twenty-two elementary school classrooms reportedly engaged in open education in the State of New York were visited and a list of criteria produced. Discusses nine criteria that appeared to be essential to the operation of open education. (Author/RK)

Attempts to determine whether behavior is significantly affected by consumer education. Examines the money management, use of credit and borrowing and general purchasing habits of high school graduates two years after they took a consumer education course. Also attempts to provide valuable insights into the course content through student feedback.…

Family physicians and specialists were asked to identify the sources of information they used in the process of making changes in their clinical practices. An average of 3.08 sources of information were utilized for each change and over 50 percent of the changes were complete in less than one year. (CT)

Analysis of occupational data from the 1960 and 1970 Censuses and the Current Population Surveys for 1971-1981 reveals that occupational segregation of men and women declined more rapidly in the United States during the 1970s than during the 1960s. Most of the decline was due to changes in the sex composition of traditionally male occupations.…