Discusses five propositions that support a rationale for increased understanding and use of qualitative methods by performance technologists: there has been a paradigm shift across the social sciences, and qualitative methods make common sense, increase flexibility, lead to increased confidence in results, and are good for professional…

Tables on overall appropriations and how the states rank on seven scales (appropriations for 1985-1986 per capita, per $1000 of personal income, two-year change, 10-year change, two-year change less inflation, and 10-year change less inflation) are provided. (MLW)

The authors argue that a parameterization in terms of cell means is a useful conceptual device for resolving problems inherent in the nonorthogonal analysis of variance. They demonstrate their argument by considering two widely-used methods for testing main effects. (Author/BW)

The use of the terms "sensitivity, threshold, bias, and ratio scale" in psychophysics is discussed, with special reference to the statistical decision theory of sensory discrimination and its application to signal detection and classical psychophysical procedures. (Editor)

Data on motions involved in kicking a football were subjected to multiple regression analysis to ascertain the kinesiologic determinants of the foot's arcing motion. (GW)

The prominent role of Boolean classes in qualitative data analysis software is viewed by some as an encroachment of logical positivism on qualitative research methodology. The authors articulate an embodiment perspective, in which Boolean classes are viewed as conceptual metaphors for apprehending and manipulating data, concepts, and categories in…

This handbook presents current explanations of how each survey program of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) obtains and prepared the data it publishes. The handbook aims to provide users of NCES data with the most current information necessary to evaluate the suitability of the statistics for their needs, with a focus on the…

The work of school principals has become increasingly more complex and demanding. To prepare principals who can meet these challenges, the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA) created a training guide, "Principals for Our Changing Schools: Knowledge and Skill Base" (S. Thomson, 1993). This publication reflects the belief…

This paper examines 17 national datasets that are available for policy studies and research about college faculty. The datasets include 11 containing faculty information, two about student enrollment, two about degrees awarded, and two about institutional activity. Each of the following datasets is individually described: (1) National Science…

Researchers consistently fail to report reliability estimates for data used in their studies. This lack of reporting hinders appropriate evaluation and interpretation of data and may lead to inappropriate conclusions. Because reliability is inured to scores obtained from a test, and not the test itself, it is important to report score reliability…

This study investigated the effects on black and white children of observing black and white models of the interaction of the variables with apparent reward magnitude. (Author)

The present experiments, conducted on two different populations of bilinguals, were designed to differentiate between two positions. Specifically, a demonstration of negative transfer could be interpreted as support for some form of interdependence of storage. (Author/RK)

This paper had three aims: 1, to make more widely known two methods of assessing recognition, one based on ranking and the other on rating, 2, to describe three experiments comparing the two methods, and 3, to give a preliminary account of the results of some theoretical calculations. (Author/RK)

A model of the response process based on signal-detection theory (Tanner & Swets, 1954) was used to analyse PI effects in three different tests of short-term memory. (Editor)

The main objective of this study is to present some differences in the ways boys see themselves and in the ways girls see themselves. (Author)