Some sources of information on scientific and technical data centers are mentioned, and recent publications of a few federally supported data centers in physical sciences are listed. (Author/PF)

An exploration of attitudes of various publics towards science as revealed in polls and surveys shows support for the thesis that, although science has lost some support, many of the defectors are among those who are politically weaker, less-informed, and less-educated. (Author/KM)

The Project on Secondary Analysis at Northwestern University is funded to (1) test and develop new methods of evaluating educational programs, and (2) reanalyze existing evaluation data to assure that estimates of program effects are as unbiased and unequivocal as possible. This paper examines the topic of secondary analysis and describes some of…

Relative to given scale properties of each of two paired variables, a program for identification and computation of the following indices of relationship is provided: phi, Spearman rank order, Kendall's Tau, Pearson's product moment, biserial, and point biserial. (Author/RC)

The statistics that are presented are based on a one percent systematic sample of the OCLC online union catalog as of January 1980. Detailed data were collected on the use of fields, subfields, indicators in bibliographic records, and on the co-occurrence of fields within bibliographic records. The sample used for the study was obtained by…

Some of the methodological problems in analyzing and reporting qualitative data are addressed, and some solutions based on recent experiences in conducting several qualitative studies are proposed. The following are some guidelines for implementing an intuitive approach to analyzing and reporting qualitative data: (1) use a team of evaluators; (2)…

This paper presents the rationale for and effects of utilizing both qualitative and quantitative analyses in naturalistic research. The specific research project examined was titled "Alternative Patterns for Strengthening Community Service Programs in Institutions of Higher Education." (The project was a 2-year nationwide study conducted…

Aggregation of data is, by definition, an obscuring of details for the sake of achieving a summary. It is, therefore, potentially harmful to accuracy. Attention should be given to the aggregation that scores undergo prior to statistical tests. Two familiar research designs where this is important are a) in two groups/one measure cases, and b) in…

The question of training priorities is of importance to all who have the responsibility of planning education and training programs. The purpose of this study was to develop projections of occupational manpower requirements for Iowa for 1975. Using 1960 Iowa census data as a starting point a matrix of 165 occupations and 64 industries was…

This study measured and explained the quality of recent research on education. A total of 1100 articles and research papers published in 1967-68 were used as a data source and were qualitatively analyzed with respect to their substance and methodology. A stratified random sample of 390 papers was evaluated by 39 judges for contribution to theory,…

The primary object of this publication is to publicize the research undertaken in adult education in French Canada during 1960-1969 and to analyze its tendencies. In order to accomplish this task, approximately 1,000 persons involved in this type of research were contacted. In addition to an analysis, the first part of this work contains a…

Increasing student enrollment at a state university, the nature of the introductory speech course, the fact that it is required of nearly all students for graduation, and the strain on the administrative budget to employ additional teachers to accommodate the rapidly increasing numbers of students led to this study to devise ways to help solve…

A SCHEMA FOR CLASSIFYING EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES IN THE PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN WAS DEVELOPED. THE GENERAL PROCEDURES INCLUDED (1) A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE, (2) THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES OF THE DOMAIN, (3) LABORATORY ANALYSES OF CERTAIN TASKS TO DISCOVER BY OBSERVATION AND INTROSPECTION THE NATURE OF THE…

A computer program which analyzes sociometric data is presented. The SDAS program provides classical sociometric analysis. Multi-dimensional scaling and cluster analysis techniques may be combined with the MSP program. (JKS)

Ridge regression is a technique used to ameliorate the problem of highly correlated independent variables in multiple regression analysis. This paper explains the fundamentals of ridge regression and illustrates its use. (JKS)