The data pool is a teaching technique that can help students to bridge the gap between facts and higher levels of thinking. Teaching suggestions for use of data pools are offered in this article. (Author/JR)

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the frequency and type of negative responses (as defined by Zaslow) in children diagnosed as autistic, behavior-disturbed, and normal to verbal and nonverbal requests for verbal and nonverbal responses. (Author)

This study attempted to determine what portion of the content of three accepted art education periodicals was oriented towards technology, the problem being to examine the possible ideological predelections which may influence the teaching of art. (Author/RK)

This investigation studied the differential effects of the significance of stimuli on educable mentally retarded (EMR) children in a conservation of number experiment. The sample consisted of 30 low and 30 middle SES children attending classes for the EMR. (Editor)

This paper attempted to resolve major methodological and design inadequacies associated with encounter, T-, and sensitivity groups. In addition, it highlighted some issues that have not been sufficiently considered previously. (Author/RK)

Before creating a linguistic map of Mexican dialects, it is necessary to determine the dialect regions of the country. An extensive questionnaire must be written and distributed to collect data from a representative sample of the population for an accurate picture of the language. (CK) (Text in Spanish.)

Seven steps describe the process of building and using a survey: (1) establishing the target group, (2) building survey questions, (3) using the card method, (4) conducting the survey interview, (5) analyzing survey results, (6) involving line management, and (7) appraising the approach. A sample survey form is included. (Author/MW)

The calculation of second-order results in the validity assessment of measures and some useful interpretation aids are presented. First-order and second-order results give different and informative pictures of data dynamics. Several aspects of good practice in interpretation of second-order results are presented using data from 487 subjects…

This document contains three papers concerned with prevention intervention research, a new area of depression research which has shown great promise for contributing new knowledge to the understanding of depression. The first paper, "Clinical Trials vs. Prevention Trials: Methodological Issues in Depression Research" (Ricardo F. Munoz), emphasizes…

After a brief introduction and discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of questionnaires, this publication explains how to develop a questionnaire. Each of the five parts of a questionnaire (heading, procedural statements, items, comment space, and procedures for return) are discussed, with concrete examples. Guidelines for pre-test/tryout…

Arguing that understanding what lies behind the apparent usability of direct manipulation style interfaces might not only help in building better interfaces, but can also draw attention to possible side effects, this paper uses examples from a prototype data manipulation system to pursue a characterization of direct manipulation interfaces as…

The mathematical extension from scalars to matrices as a prerequisite for univariate to multivariate generalizations of statistical concepts and methods is discussed. One reason for several alternative techniques is the multitude of ways to generalize from univariate concepts to multivariate concepts. The additional complexity, and lack of…

This series of manuals describing and illustrating the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was planned as a self-teaching instrument, beginning with the basics and progressing to an advanced level. Information on what the searcher must know to define the data and write a program for preliminary analysis is contained in manual 1,…

The past decade has seen a substantial growth in methods and schemes for the display of multivariate data. This paper encompasses a sketch of the history of multivariate displays, from the pre-Columbian Quipu to Chernoff's Face; examines a number of techniques; describes their construction; illustrates their use; and comments on their efficacy.…

Three general approaches are available to help discipline the use of qualitative methods in educational research without sacrificing subjective understanding, according to this paper. The most private, least confirmable, yet richest approach is the intuitive, which depends on the researcher's thorough immersion in the field setting and…