Various statistical methods have been available to deal with missing data problems, but the difficulty is that they are based on somewhat restrictive assumptions that missing patterns are known or can be modeled with auxiliary information. This paper treats the presence of missing cases from the viewpoint that generalization as a sample does not…

Detailed examples illustrate one of the possible applications for using the computer punch card for information retrieval in qualitative historical research, suggesting a time-saving method of organization for research data. (SM)

The lack of an identification system for designating ethnic status of Mexican Americans for public data sources is discussed. (NQ)

"This study involving 1,452 liberal Arts College science graduates has shown that a personalized approach can elicit an excellent response to a mailed questionnaire. (Author)

Asking a child what he would wish for if he had three wishes formed the basis of this study. (Author/RY)

A look at the growing awareness that the right of individual privacy is fast disappearing from the American scene with the computer playing a prime, if not primary, role in hastening its disappearance," (Author)

The Spelling Error Detection Correction Project completed at Chemical Abstracts Service, which extracted over 50,000 misspellings from approximately 25,000,000 words of scientific and scholarly text, shows that expected incidence of misspelling is 0.2 percent, and most misspellings are "typos," 90 percent of which are unlikely to be…

This article presents a fairly quick, easy way to decide what size sample is needed for a survey, given a desired level of confidence and degree of accuracy. The method proposed will work on any multiple response instrument. A technical mathematical explanation is also included. (GK)