The mini-computer is found to be a viable alternative to large computer bio-medical information processing. (Author/RS)

Relates office automation to its application in libraries, discussing computer software packages for microcomputers performing tasks involved in word processing, accounting, statistical analysis, electronic filing cabinets, and electronic mail systems. (EJS)

Twenty-nine steps necessary for data file preparation for secondary analysis are discussed. Data base characteristics and planned use vary the complexity of the preparation. Required techniques (file verification, sample verification, file merger, data aggregation, file modification, and variable controls) and seven associated pitfalls are defined…

The 13 papers collected here were presented at the Workshop on Data Documentation held at Reisenburg Castle, Federal Republic of Germany, in July 1975. This workshop was a first attempt to identify some of the problems in the field of data documentation, formulate them, and solve them as far as possible. The subject was approached from four…

STGPROC is a computer program designed to meet a need in the social sciences for a computing system that (1) can handle character strings of open-ended data, (2) does not require predefinition of the data, and (3) can handle variable numbers of responses per respondent. The purpose of this monograph is to allow the researcher to judge the utility…