It is hoped that this pilot attempt along with other studies based on these same data will encourage further phases of the NOBELS Project. (Author)

U.S. Department of Education (ED) activities relating to the utility of Title I evaluations are discussed within the context of an overview of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) and a history of Title I evaluations. Implications for Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981 are considered. (LC)

The authors argue that self-report measures and transcriptions of conversations are ineffective means of gathering data about self-disclosure. Influenced by Kenneth Burke and Hugh Duncan, they illustrate--with a discussion of Shakespeare's character of Richard III--the advantages of using soliloquies as examples of self-disclosure. (PD)

The Special Education Management System (SEMS) is a microcomputer program designed to collect data relevant to implementation of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and other related educational laws and regulations. (For related articles, see EC 142 959-961.) (Author)

This article explains a performance-oriented approach to outlining technical training needs. The performance improvement cycle is discussed and the three main activities in that cycle are described. They include need detection, task identification, and collection of task performance data. (CT)

A critical guide is offered regarding ethnographic evaluation data: the analytical descriptions or reconstructions of intact cultural scenes and groups which delineate the shared beliefs, practices, artifacts, folk knowledge, and behaviors of some group of people. (PN)

Populations where free access is denied pose special problems to the survey researcher. In attempting to make general estimates of the size of the composition of the audience in the USSR to Western radio broadcasts, a simulation technique (Mostellerization) has been developed which provides estimates of underlying data from aggregate results. (PD)

This study concluded that by incorporating the concept of role fit one can find women who typify either the image of the happy homemaker or the image of the frustrated homemaker. (CT)

Offers a formula to refine enrollment projections at the school district level. The formula builds on the traditional cohort survival technique and is based on the assumption that what has happened in the past will continue to happen in the future. Instructions and sample projections are provided. (Author/WD)

This research note examines respondent-nonrespondent bias in a statewide population survey. The findings indicate general support for using master lists in the selection of respondents for participation in a large mail questionnaire survey. Two papers follow which react to this information. (Author/CT)

The authors discuss their examination of clinical nursing jobs in various areas of one hospital and compare them by examining their motivational characteristics. The study identifies the clinical nursing jobs that should be enriched to increase their motivational potential. (Author/CT)

This paper estimates the influence on working mothers' employment status of children's health problems. Effects are estimated for several different types of families, various groups of health problems, and differing degrees of problem severity. (CT)

In a survey of state supervisors of industrial arts, it was found that lack of funds, inadequate personnel, and ineffective organization are major problems affecting the supervisors' performance. There is also no functional system for state supervisors to obtain data on local supervisory programs. (CT)

Describes the use of a study of cemetery headstones to give students a feeling for their community's social history. Looks at the kinds of information that can be gathered from the markers about the dead people and ways of analyzing the data. Presents an outline of project procedures. (AYC)

Describes the development of a prototype database of federal food, agriculture, and nutrition programs: preliminary work; database design, including the identification of data elements; and data collection and processing. The uses of the database and suggestions for enhancing its future usefulness are discussed. (Author/JD)