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Kaiser, Javaid – 1985
A survey of computer scientists was conducted to identify factors that affect software complexity. A total of 160 items were selected from the literature to include in a questionnaire sent to 425 individuals who were employees of computer-related businesses in Lawrence and Kansas City. The items were grouped into nine categories called system…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Software, Difficulty Level, Factor Analysis
Gill, Wanda E. – 1985
Three decision-making models that have applications for college presidents and administrators are reviewed. While both individual and group decision-making are addressed, emphasis is placed on the importance of group decisions on institutional policy planning. The model of Edmund M. Burke (1979) presents specific decision-making strategies in…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Planning, College Presidents
Hamdan, Mohamed Zaid – 1986
A systematic methodology is proposed for the evaluation of curriculum. Four domains are identified, including the evaluation of: (1) curriculum planning; (2) curriculum development; (3) curriculum implementation; and (4) curriculum effects. Evaluating curriculum planning must include determining the legality of the curriculum and must consider the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
Trohanis, Pascal L. – 1988
Part of a volume which explores current issues in service delivery to infants and toddlers (ages birth to 3) with handicapping conditions, this chapter discusses the process of change in relation to policy implementation of Public Law 99-457, beginning with an analysis of congressional, federal, and state dimensions. The concept of change is…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Bell, David C.; Bell, Linda G. – 1984
This document presents an overview and progress report on the Family Research Project, started in 1974 to (1) study the relationship between family process and individual development of family members, especially children, (2) conceptualize and measure system level variables describing family structure and process, (3) develop microanalytic…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Child Abuse, Child Development, Family Problems
Poindexter, Charles C. – High Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Planning
Platts, C. V.; Wyant, T. G. – Educ Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Educational Research
National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC. Inst. for Computer Sciences and Technology. – 1981
These guidelines for communicating effectively the details of computer model design and operation to persons with varying interests in a model recommend the development of four different types of manuals to meet the needs of managers, users, analysts and programmers. The guidelines for preparing a management summary manual suggest a broad spectrum…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Flow Charts, Guidelines
Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. – 1978
Two trends in the use of quantitative methods of evaluating libraries that have evolved from general systems analysis are discussed in this literature review. The cost effectiveness approach is aimed at discovering new, improved procedures and devices for providing library services; such alternatives make it possible to evaluate how efficiently a…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Diagrams, Evaluation Methods, Libraries
Gray, E. M. – 1977
This bibliography lists publications describing the scope, time span, depth, variety, and relevance of the satellite work done by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences from 1958 through 1976. Works cited are listed by author with six categories: propagation, antennas, modulation or signal design, electromagnetic interference and frequency…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communications Satellites, Electromechanical Technology, Federal Government
Mitchell, Eugene E., Ed. – 1978
The simulation of a sampled-data system is described that uses a full parallel hybrid computer. The sampled data system simulated illustrates the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) discrete control of a continuous second-order process representing a stirred-tank. The stirred-tank is simulated using continuous analog components, while PID…
Descriptors: Analog Computers, Computer Science, Computers, Digital Computers
Ahmed, Manzoor – 1976
Radio is recognized as a powerful but underutilized educational medium, and ways of improving the cost-effectiveness of the educational use of radio are discussed. Topics include the meaning of and need for cost effectiveness analysis, building an information system for cost effectiveness analysis, and five factors affecting cost…
Descriptors: Action Research, Audiences, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Problems
Lindquist, Mats G. – 1978
Computer-based information search services (ISSs) of the type that provide online literature searches are analyzed from a systems viewpoint using a continuous simulation model. The methodology applied is "system dynamics," and the system language is DYNAMO. The analysis reveals that the observed growth and stagnation of a typical ISS can…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Decision Making, Definitions, Doctoral Dissertations
CHENZOFF, ANDREW P.; FOLLEY, JOHN D., JR. – 1965
THESE GUIDELINES REPRESENT A TEXTBOOK FOR INSTRUCTION IN THREE PHASES OF TRAINING SITUATION ANALYSIS (TSA), A STANDARDIZED PROCEDURE DEVELOPED BY THE NAVAL TRAINING DEVICE CENTER FOR SYSTEMATICALLY GATHERING AND INTERPRETING THE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PLANNING OF TRAINING AND TRAINING DEVICES. THREE PHASES OF TSA ARE DESCRIBED IN…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Guidelines, Information Processing
BOSDELL, BETTY – 1967
THIS RESEARCH GUIDELINE INCLUDES SEVEN ARTICLES ON METHODOLOGY BY WHICH SCHOOL COUNSELORS CAN DESIGN AND CONDUCT RESEARCH STUDIES RELEVANT TO THEIR OWN SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS. GENERALIZATIONS CONCERNING THE INIATION OF THE STUDY, PROCEDURES FOR ANALYZING AND REPORTING THE DATA, AND INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA ARE GIVEN IN THE INTRODUCTION. RESEARCH…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Evaluation, Counselors
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