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Health Information: A Role for Public Access Systems?
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Stevens, Caroline A.; And Others – Journal of Information Science, 1997
A survey examined the degree to which community information systems provide consumer health information in the United Kingdom. Discusses the extent and nature of this information versus government requirements; operational details; non-healthcare information; management and decision making; procedures for updating information; health information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Engineers as Information Processors: A Survey of US Aerospace Engineering Faculty and Students.
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Holland, Maurita Peterson; And Others – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1991
Reports on survey results from 275 faculty and 640 students, predominantly in the aerospace engineering field, concerning their behaviors about the appropriation and dissemination of information. Indicates that, as information processors, aerospace faculty and students are "information naive." Raises questions about the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Engineering Education
Technological Innovation and Technical Communications: Their Place in Aerospace Engineering Curricula. A Survey of European, Japanese and US Aerospace Engineers and Scientists.
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Pinelli, Thomas E.; And Others – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1991
Reports on results from 260 aerospace engineers and scientists in United States, Europe, and Japan regarding their opinions about professional importance of technical communications; generation and utilization of technical communications; and relevant content of an undergraduate course in technical communications. The fields of cryogenics,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Engineering Education
Changing Patterns or Patterns of Change: The Effects of a Change in Technology on Social Network Structure and Power.
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Burkhardt, Marlene E.; Brass, Daniel J. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1990
The effects of a technological change on organizational structure and power were investigated in a longitudinal study of the introduction and diffusion of a computerized information system. Employees, particularly early adopters of the technology, increased their power and network centrality following the technological change. Includes 67…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Longitudinal Studies, Management Information Systems, Organizational Theories
The Graduate Education of Black Americans in Social and Behavioral Research.
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Johnson, Robert C.; Reed, Wornie L. – Negro Educational Review, 1982
Presents an overview of an approach in training Black masters-level students in research, with emphasis on research design, data collection, data analysis, and computer usage. (JCD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Planning for Information Systems Development: A Living Creature.
Hollowell, David E. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
A major information systems planning study undertaken by Boston University and recommendations that were made to enable the university to meet the new demands and changing priorities of educational management are discussed. (BH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Computer Science
Combating Truancy: Can the Computer Help Schools?
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Visscher, Adrie J.; Bos, Klaas T. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
The use of the Absence Registration System (ARS), a computer-assisted system that supports registration of absent students, and its effects on truancy were studied in 30 Dutch urban secondary schools. Reasons why results do not show a significant reduction in absenteeism are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Attendance Records, Computer Uses in Education
Special Issue: Decision Support and Knowledge-Based Systems.
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Stohr, Edward A.; And Others – Journal of Management Information Systems, 1987
Six papers dealing with decision support and knowledge based systems are presented. Five of the papers are concerned in some way with the use of artificial intelligence techniques in individual or group decision support. The sixth paper presents empirical results from the use of a group decision support system. (CLB)
Descriptors: Automation, Brainstorming, Decision Making, Expert Systems