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Queiroz, Tamires; Monteiro, Carlos; Carvalho, Liliane; François, Karen – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
In recent years, research on teaching and learning of statistics emphasized that the interpretation of data is a complex process that involves cognitive and technical aspects. However, it is a human activity that involves also contextual and affective aspects. This view is in line with research on affectivity and cognition. While the affective…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Affective Behavior, College Seniors, Student Research
Guthrie, Hugh, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
There has been a continued interest in the numbers and characteristics of those who make up the vocational education and training (VET) sector's own workforce. To address this, the Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) commissioned the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to undertake three…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Foreign Countries, Feasibility Studies
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Stumpf, Stephen A. – Journal of Management, 1978
Compares three methods of treating missing data with respect to the results obtained, the informational value of each method, the population to which the results can be referred, and statistical power. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Recordkeeping, Research Projects, Researchers
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Kirchner, Corinne; Peterson, Richard – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
The article analyzes national statistics from the perspective of underemployment among persons with visual loss. Figures are considered for temporary and part time work, occupational status, and annual earnings. (SBH)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Employment Level, Occupational Surveys
Wisconsin Univ., Stevens Point. Office of Institutional Research. – 1974
In an attempt to define characteristics of a good college student, this study compared the characteristics of recent honor graduates by honors level. The data centered on highest honors, high honors, and honors graduates during three recent graduation periods. Analysis of the data obtained through university records and through responses to a…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Research Projects
Abelson, Herbert I.; Atkinson, Ronald B. – 1975
This is a study of beliefs, attitudes, and behavior with regard to a wide range of legal and illegal drugs. Included are data about coffee, tea, tobacco, and illicit drugs such as marihuana and heroin. The report covers the current situation and highlights trends from two prior studies on drug abuse conducted for the National Commission on…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior, Drug Abuse, Marihuana
Sherman, Jay L.; Kulhavy, Raymond W. – 1976
The Sherman-Kulhavy Laterality Assessment Inventory (LAI), an instrument for determining cerebral laterality, was administered to 1,000 undergraduates to determine the ability of the LAI to discriminate between right- and left-dominant groups. Each S was administered the LAI, a 45-item verbal report instrument which assesses both fine and gross…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, General Education, Higher Education, Prediction
Texas Christian Univ., Fort Worth. Inst. of Behavioral Research. – 1974
The report summarizes research on the development and standardization of objectively scored language and adjustment scales for five cards of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) used in the Health Examination Survey of a subsample of 1,398 youths 12-to 17-years-old. Described is the development of cognitive and personality measures derived from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Language Acquisition, Research Projects
Bailiff, Norman Lynn, Jr.; Christian, C. E. – 1974
This study presents an analysis of the responses of University of California, Irvine freshmen to the 1973 Student Information Form, a questionnaire developed by the American Council on Education. Part 1 compares UC Irvine freshmen with freshmen attending other universities. Part 2 analyses responses by school or program of enrollment. Data…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Higher Education, Questionnaires
Crookston, Burns B.; Atkyns, Glenn C. – 1974
This is a preliminary report of a major research project to study the changes in leadership, organization, and function that took place in the student affairs sector of American higher education during the period 1967-1972. The report is presented in summary fashion with emphasis on the survey, the principal student affairs officer, organizational…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Higher Education, Leadership, Research Projects
Fidler, Paul; Burnett, Bill – 1974
During the 1973 fall orientation, a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education (ACE) was administered to incoming freshmen at the University of South Carolina (USC) and 578 other institutions of higher education including 38 universities. The following study presents a comparative analysis of the various demographic data, opinions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Demography, Higher Education
Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc., New York, NY. – 1974
This report conducted for the Association of American Publishers, Inc. on the college textbook market provides the industry with operationally useful information and trend data on the prevailing attitudes, needs, purchasing and usage patterns of the prime users of college educational materials--the faculty and the students. Detailed findings…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education, Marketing
Johnson, Michael P.; Sell, Ralph R. – 1975
An analysis of U.S. Census data regarding race, age, education, occupation, and income of the male civilian labor force in 1960 and 1970 yields four major conclusions. (1) There have been large reductions in occupational discrimination at all ages, with the change clearest for young men. (2) The reduction of occupational discrimination is clearest…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
Palazotto, Anthony N.; And Others – 1973
This report is the result of a pilot program to seek out ways for developing an educational institution's transportation flow. Techniques and resulting statistics are discussed. Suggestions for additional uses of the information obtained are indicated. (Author)
Descriptors: Colleges, Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Research Projects
Dorset, Barbara; Huebner, John – 1974
This paper deals with the responses by male and female University of Minnesota students to select items from the 1973-74 Student Services Cards that were distributed during winter quarter registration. The purpose of this paper was to see if there were any differing perceptions between men and women about the services offered by the offices…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Students, Females, Health Services
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