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Kaskowitz, David H.; Klibanoff, Leonard S. – 1982
Since July 1978, RMC Research Corporation has been conducting a study concerned with several aspects of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS). Phases I and II included examination of technical and procedural issues, development of system materials, and assessment of state evaluation reports. Phase III was intended to be an…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education
Bromley, Bud – 1980
A study was conducted to develop a performance-based instructional program in electronic data processing (DP) and to identify the DP tasks within various occupational titles. In order to meet these objectives, task lists from various sources were sorted and merged into a final detailed list of tasks and subtasks, under the guidance of an advisory…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computers, Curriculum Development, Data Processing
Piper, Don; Barrett, James – 1977
To facilitate local vocational curriculum evaluation and student job placement, a project was conducted to develop procedures that at a minimal yearly cost would appropriate the basic ideas of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) catalogs. Focus was on the creation and maintenance of a catalog of job entry skills and…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Computer Programs, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
Pepinsky, Harold B. – 1978
A Computer-Assisted Language Analysis System (CALAS) was developed as a syntactic and semantic analyzer of machine readable text in English. CALAS includes a set of computer programs, an algorithm for implementation, and human editors who assist the computer and its programmer in the processing of data. Data analysis is accomplished in three…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs
FOLEY, WALTER J. – 1967
A STEP BY STEP OUTLINE OF THE SYSTEM DEVELOPED TO MAKE AND KEEP RECORDS FOR A 2-YEAR FOLLOWUP STUDY OF IOWA HEADSTART PARTICIPANTS (SUMMER 1965), SUPPLIES DETAILED INFORMATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SIMILAR SYSTEM. THE IOWA EDUCATION INFORMATION CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COOPERATED TO DEVELOP AN…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Collection, Data Processing, Followup Studies
Eschenbrenner, A. John; And Others – 1978
A semistructured research interview was used to study current task analysis procedures used by Air Force technical training personnel, and to develop and field test an improved task analysis procedure for designing and conducting technical training courses. It was found that current task analysis procedures varied widely, and that no individual or…
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Guides
Brandhorst, W. T. – 1969
An analysis of existing computerized data banks in science and technology reveals that nearly half of them involve the storage and retrieval of bibliographic data. Activity in this area has been independent and autonomous. This situation is now giving way to a new environment which involves cooperation, standards, and a rigorous rational analysis…
Descriptors: Automation, Citations (References), Coordination, Data Analysis
Wohlferd, Gerald H. – 1974
Assessment of an educational system can be done without using elaborate statistical techniques. Some very simple ways of analyzing data and presenting information are quite useful. This manual is presented for use by those school personnel who feel a desire to assess the quality of their educational system, but who would welcome suggestions as to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Data Analysis, Data Processing
Management and Information System for Occupational Education, Winchester, MA. – 1974
The publication describes the process by which a portion of the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) Census Data System (CDS) was field-tested in a sample of six Massachusetts schools. It is intended to provide guidelines for those who will be responsible for the planning of statewide implementation of the fully…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Gustafson, B. Kerry; Hample, Stephen R. – 1976
General documentation for the Enrollment Projection Model used by the Maryland Council for Higher Education (MCHE) is provided. The manual is directed toward both the potential users of the model as well as others interested in enrollment projections. The first four chapters offer administrators or planners insight into the derivation of the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Computers, Data Processing
Burnett, Jacquetta H., Ed. – 1972
The main purpose in developing the "package" of computer programs described in this guide is to use the automated capability of computers in the enormous job of handling anthropological field data. It is held that ethnography may be threatened with absolescence simply becasue so many man hours are involved in filing and sorting these…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Automatic Indexing, Computer Programs, Data Analysis
Morton, J.E. – 1965
The primary scope of this publication is to contribute to the promotion of research in the general area of manpower and employment by surveying the supply of statistical data with a view to stimulating and facilitating their analytical use. Since the mass of relevant manpower data in this country is enormous, it was decided to approach the problem…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Employment, Information Retrieval
Kapur, Gopal K. – 1974
A study, presented to the National Computer Conference, examined the existing methods of training highly competent and knowledgeable computer programers, analysts, and data processors. Four main sources of instruction were identified: (1) private electronic data processing (EDP) schools, (2) colleges, (3) manufacturers' schools, and (4) inhouse…
Descriptors: Business Education, Colleges, Computer Science Education, Conference Reports
Copa, George; Irvin, Donald – 1973
The report presents the results of a pilot test of a procedure for conducting a school-directed assessment of former high school students to obtain information about their educational and employment activities. Criteria for the assessment procedure were: provide information useful in assisting local school personnel in planning and evaluation; be…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Dropouts, Educational Assessment
Palmer, David C., Ed. – 1970
A design for a nationwide system of library statistics is provided along with specific recommendations for its structure and development. The proposed system depends upon a much more active role of the states and upon the input of research, interaction of advisory groups, inservice training, and relatively small amounts of money at strategic…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases, Information Needs
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