These guidelines for conducting a manpower utilization study are designed for independent use or in conjunction with any existing work measurement program for determining manpower requirements. Although the instructions are complete enough for use by themselves, a bibliography of publications is included to provide additional background…

An index designed to measure the extent of a subject's involvement in twenty-seven library-related job tasks is reported, together with data obtained in a survey of 4,000 professional and nonprofessional library employees in 2,100 health sciences libraries. (4 references) (Author/NH)

The Panel on Manpower Training Evaluation has recommended that Social Security earnings data be more widely used in evaluating manpower programs, especially those that tend to serve prime-age males, such as the MDTA (Manpower Development Training Act) or NAB-JOBS (National Association of Businessmen-Job Opportunities in the Business Sector)…

Investigated utility estimate variability for the selection utility of using the Programmer Aptitude Test to select computer programmers. Comparison of Monte Carlo results to other risk assessment approaches (sensitivity analysis, break-even analysis, algebraic derivation of the distribtion) suggests that distribution information provided by Monte…

The North Carolina Manpower Development Corporation recently experimented with two methods of program evaluation (the tax payback method and the earn back method) and found strengths and weaknesses in each. (Author/BP)

A protocol is an instrument that directs the user in the collection and recording of data necessary for the management of a specific medical problem, designed to permit practitioners to treat patients without a physician visit or for pre-physician consultation. (MM)

A followup assessment of graduates of selective electronics training for electronics technicians was conducted to evaluate job capabilities and shipboard utilization of six-year hitch personnel (6YOs) in the fleet. Included were graduates on 29 different vessels of 15 types within the Pacific fleet. Evaluation procedures included shipboard…

A survey of University of California faculty time-use was undertaken as a replacement for less accurate methods of estimating faculty time-use. After sections introducing the study and presenting highlights from the report, focus is on the methodology. Particulars such as the sampling procedures and measures used to evaluate data quality are…

These four diagnostic guides, developed as part of the Investing in People Project in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Washington, and West Virginia, can be used to help states in assessing their current work force and economic development systems and in building more comprehensive, integrated, and effective strategies for improving the work force.…

This publication is Attachment 16 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of independent job duties. (BT)

This study is intended to provide the methodology for a full-scale study which will develop a model of physician behavior in the practice of physical medicine, evaluate the adequacy of residency training in this field, and analyze the role of paramedical personnel in rehabilitation. Regular staff members of the Commission on Education in Physical…

This handbook describes the methodology of the Investing in People Project, conducted in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Washington, and West Virginia to help states in assessing their current work force and economic development systems and in building more comprehensive, integrated, and effective strategies for improving the work force. The handbook…

This publication is Attachment 15 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties in field medicine. (BT)

This publication is Attachment 14 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties in aviation medicine and physiology. (BT)

Previous studies of measurement of employment and unemployment have been conducted, but a similar statistical program on job vacancies could provide a more complete and accurate insight into the condition of the labor market for employers, placement agencies, counselors, and vocational education planners. This study tested the feasibility of…