THIS NOTE OFFERS A MEANS FOR ANALYZING THE DIFFERENCES IN THE LEVELS OF TWO RATIOS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THOSE RATIOS COME FROM EMPIRICAL DATA. THE PARTICULAR EXAMPLE USED PERTAINS TO WHITE-NONWHITE PERSONAL INCOME DIFFERENTIALS OVER A TIME INTERVAL, BUT IT IS NOTED THAT THIS TYPE ANALYSIS CAN BE USED IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. (HW)

EQUATIONS FOR SYSTEM INTAKE, DROPOUT, AND RETENTION RATE CALCULATIONS ARE DERIVED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND COLLEGES. THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED WERE FOLLOWED IN DEVELOPING ESTIMATES OF SELECTED ELEMENTS OF THE TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRICES USED IN DYNAMOD II. THE PROBABILITY MATRIX CELLS ESTIMATED BY THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED…

DYNAMOD II IS A COMPUTERIZED MARKOVIAN-TYPE FLOW MODEL DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF THE EDUCATIONAL POPULATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OVER SELECTED INTERVALS OF TIME. THE POPULATION IS CROSS-CLASSIFIED INTO 108 GROUPS BY SEX, RACE, AGE, AND EDUCATIONAL CATEGORY. THIS NOTE DESCRIBES THE METHODOLOGY USED IN DYNAMOD II, COMPARES DYNAMOD II…

THIS NOTE IS A CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION PRESENTED IN EA 001 016. HERE, THE REMAINING INTRA-SYSTEM FLOWS (THE RETENTION OR TRANSFER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTLY IN THE SYSTEM) ARE DESCRIBED. IN ADDITION, EXTRA-SYSTEM FLOWS ARE DESCRIBED. PROBABILITY MATRICES ARE DEVELOPED BY COMBINING, BY SEX AND RACE, TWO OCCUPATION MATRICES WITH AGE…