This report by the National Urban League's Law Enforcement Minority Persons Project (LEMPP) examines retention of recently appointed minority police officers. Findings indicate differences in experiences and perceptions of Black and White officers along with different influences on the likelihood of retention depending upon ethnicity. (JCD)

Research findings indicate that trends in technical education appear to be cyclical and that there is an observable similarity between these trends and the phases of the Kondratieff Wave. It appears that technical education is directly responsive to economic trends. (CT)

Defining population diversity as the distribution along a continuum of homogeneity to heterogeneity with respect to one or more variables, measures are described with variance-based interpretations which can be applied to qualitative data. It is possible to use these statistics to define relationships in multivariate distributions. (Author/CTM)

Suggests that students of economics on the high scool and college levels can benefit from the type of economic analysis which occurs in comparative economics. A case study of Japan's postwar economic success is offered as a case in point and ways in which students can benefit from exposure to economic problems in a global context are explained.…

The major research project analyzed 15 death scales completed by college students and results uncovered five orthogonal death-attitude factors, indicating that multiple death attitudes coexist and covary within individuals. An alternative analysis of the data suggests four scales measure general response to death. The original authors defend their…

Presents a model for needs assessment in school programs. The approach collects data from personal interviews with students, parents, community members, and professional staff; from an analysis of the existing curriculum; and from an in-depth student profile. (Author/WD)

To identify problems in communication among social science disciplines and to point out unexploited opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration, the article maps the structure of interdisciplinary relationships among the various social sciences as exemplified by periodical citations in major disciplinary journals from 1936 to 1945.…

Reviews a content analysis which was done on elementary and secondary civics textbooks in New York State. The objective was to determine attitudes conveyed about political authorities, the relationship of citizens to authorities and regimes, and the nature of politics, the nations, and democracy. Results are presented. (Author/DB)

The article discusses a study undertaken to evaluate the impact of selected innovative social studies curriculum project materials with regard to three variables--extent of classroom use, user liking, and effectiveness in promoting learning compared to traditional programs. Findings indicated that recent social studies materials have had a…

An individual differences additive model is discussed which represents individual differences in additivity by differential weighting or additive factors. A procedure for estimating model parameters for various data measurement characteristics is developed. The method is found to be very useful in describing certain types of developmental change…

Describes a study undertaken to determine to what extent research in social studies education reflects attention to population and sample definitions and descriptions, to randomness, and to replication. Findings indicated researchers often continue to be careless in their data collection and analysis. (Author/DB)

Points out shortcomings in much of the existing research on economics and economics education. Topics include inappropriate uses of various quantitative techniques, an explanation of probit analysis and its potential application to analysis of discrete economic education variables, and assessment of innovative methods in economic education.…

Reviews the Davis-Bacon Act, including how its wage determinations compare to local construction wages as measured by sources other than the act's administrators; the effects of lags in the act's data-gathering process; and the savings that would result from changing the way prevailing rates are calculated. (CT)

To guide the unbiased process of visual inference, a four-step model is presented for the assessment of reliability, intervention effect, meaningfulness, and generalizability. A Visual Inference Checklist (VIC) systematizes this assessment process. (Author)

A statistical model for relating latent variables from manifest variables, called a linear structural equation model, is presented. The approach is illustrated by a test theory model and longitudianl study of intelligence. (Author/JKS)