Discusses the expanding role of public libraries in providing videos to the community and describes existing reference, selection, and current awareness tools to aid in video selection. Materials described include books, mass media magazines, professional journals, videos, review indexes, and directories. (CLB)

Addressed underlying demographic correlates of interracial marriage as distinct among Black women and men. Found that interracially married tended to be younger, more likely to have been married before, and more distant in age from their spouses. Persons born in North and foreign countries were more likely to be married to non-Blacks. (Author/NB)

Developed criteria for selection of career development program appropriate for mentally ill. Mentally ill persons who participated in Self-Directed Search (SDS) showed significant change on My Vocational Situation Identity Scale. Findings support selection of SDS as program and feasibility of offering career development services to mentally ill.…

Defines data base for Army Selection and Classification Project (Project A) as containing two major samples: concurrent validation sample and longitudinal validation sample. Describes data base resulting from concurrent sample, sampling procedure, distribution of sample sizes over jobs, total array of variables, and data collection procedures.…

Describes the Army's Project A effort to scale the relative utility of different levels of performance across entry-level jobs, or Military Occupational Specialties. Explains how combined procedure incorporating interval estimation and ratio estimation method was used to estimate utility of 5 different performance levels for each of 276 jobs.…

Tests hypothesized relationships between the media richness model and the symbolic interactionist perspective with data from 94 managers. Finds that managers tend to select the face-to-face medium for highly equivocal communications and written media for clear, objective communications. (MG)

Suggests reference sources most appropriate for a desert island. In addition to "Robinson Crusoe" (Daniel Defoe) and a reference guide to the literature of travel, the list includes basic books on reference work, guides to reference sources, journals, an almanac, encyclopedias, a guide to English usage, and a book of quotations. (14 references)…

Although job analysis has been a cornerstone of human resource development systems, many professionals view it as cumbersome and often abandon the process. It is necessary to know what a job is before one can intelligently hire, train, and evaluate the person who does it. (Author/JOW)

Argues that secondary school students should read complete literary texts, rather than excerpts. Discusses why reading whole texts is important. (MM)

Recommends a five-step process for selecting the appropriate program for training administration. Includes selection criteria, a list of programs, and resources and suppliers. (JOW)

This article explains to parents how school book clubs operate and the benefits which accrue to students, parents, and teachers. These clubs allow students to purchase low cost books by mail. A review of four major school book clubs is included. (IAH)

Reviewed validity evidence for systematic methods of evaluating training and experience (T&E) ratings in personnel selection. Meta-analytic summaries of data indicated that validity varied with type of T&E procedure used. Illinois job element and behavioral consistency methods demonstrated useful levels of validity with small corrected standard…

The application of a pairwise comparison methodology (Saaty's Analytic Hierarchy Process) to the doctoral program selection process is illustrated. A hierarchy for structuring and facilitating the doctoral program selection decision is described. (Author/MLW)

Describes criteria for discriminating between appropriate and inappropriate problems for expert system solutions, and presents several examples of problem analysis. (CLB)

The Type I error rates and statistical power of nine selected multiple comparison procedures were compared in a Monte Carlo study. The Peretz, Ryan, and Fisher-Hayter tests were the most powerful, and differences among these procedures were consistently small. Choosing among these procedures might be based on their calculational complexity. (SLD)