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Volpe, John A. – 1969
This report presents an initial five-year program for meeting the critical transportation information needs of industry and government at national, state and local levels. The program provides for information on the flows of persons and goods, information on the activities (population and industry) that generate the flows, and information on the…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Data Processing, Government (Administrative Body)
Wild, Cheryl L.; Davis, Leta – 1978
Requests to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for postsecondary education data were analyzed and compared to previously identified issues. Summaries of telephone requests (log entries) and files of letter requests from January 1977 through December 1977 were studied. A single coding scheme was developed for both letter and phone…
Descriptors: Codification, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Hurst, James C.; Weigel, Richard G. – 1969
Counseling center efforts to establish and maintain relevant effectiveness in the services they offer, must be based on valid and reliable feedback from critical sources. Record keeping and data collection are the procedures by which this feedback can be acquired if they are designed to answer questions and do not become ends in themselves. A…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Evaluation, Followup Studies
Baker, W. O.; And Others – 1958
In simple terms, the scientist's problem with respect to information is: How can the present volume of research results be published promptly? What is being published now? Where is it? and How can I get at it? The purpose of this paper is to examine these problems and to suggest possible ways in which they can be solved. In regard to what the…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Government Publications, Government Role
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Neuilly-sur-Seine (France). Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development. – 1968
Papers included in this document are: (1) Communication and Secrecy in Science; (2) The Suppliers Point of View--Introductory Paper; (3) Four 'New' Sciences: An Approach to Complexity; (4) Les Problemes Poses par le Vocabulaire Documentaire et l'Organisation des Dictionnaires et Thesaurus: (5) Mechanical Reading--Trends and Developments in…
Descriptors: Automation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Data Processing, Documentation
Greenberger, Martin, Ed.; And Others – 1974
Three working seminars resulted in this book which includes edited versions of 25 prepared papers and 12 workshop reports. The seminars identified political, economic, and managerial issues involved in building and operating computer networks on a national basis. There are four parts to the book. Part I contains an introductory chapter framing…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computers, Cybernetics, Data Processing
Law, Gordon F. – 1974
The report investigates issues in the assessment of the impact of vocational education and manpower training on the labor market. Structurally, the report begins with a review of Federal vocational education and manpower legislation and of evaluative research in vocational education and manpower training. Because this report is essentially an…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation