Examines the uses and the possible meanings of the term "comparative method". Also looks at what is compared in Comparative Education and what can be learned from the comparison. (Author/RK)

Equipment and methodology are discussed in this article on photographing birds. (JC)

The author describes historical demography in terms of the major techniques used in the field. He assesses its importance and relationship to both demography and history as separate disciplines. (Author/AV)

Application to analysis, planning, and scheduling of dissertation research and writing. (DAG)

Describes a method of assigning letter grades based on five preliminary grading routines programed in a microcomputer spreadsheet program, in which the teacher chooses the final grade distribution either from the suggested routines or by making an appropriate adjustment to them. (MBR)

Presents a procedure for creating and using an instructional development tracking system, an information management system which utilizes tables, graphs, and charts to help handle the mass production of instructional materials. The application of each step of the procedure to a fictional project is described to illustrate the process. (MBR)

Recounts experiences gained while investigating submission of a book manuscript in word processing diskette form to be typeset directly from diskette without rekeyboarding the manuscript. Steps in the printing process, diskette conversion procedures, and future plans for generalized tagging developed by Association of American Publishers are…

Three methods of student enrollment forecasting and the reports of tests of their reliability are described. In forecasting enrollment, school officials should use a variety of methods. (MD)

In this study four methods were compared for setting a response time threshold that differentiates rapid-guessing behavior from solution behavior when examinees are obliged to complete a low-stakes test. The four methods examined were: (1) a fixed threshold for all test items; (2) thresholds based on item surface features such as the amount of…

Considers the process of creativity and its expression in the drawings of children. (RK)

The present study considered the identification of differences between suicidal and non-suicidal adolescents in a clinic population taken from an urban, deprived environment where dissolution of family roles and alienation from community and institutional ties are common. (Author/RK)

The present study examined long-term relationships among the SIT, the Stanford-Binet, L-M (SB) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). (Author)

The present study was designed to test the effect of instructions to forget prior motor learning and the results were relevant to the understanding of short-term motor memory (STMM) proactive interference (PI). (Author/RK)

Three tests of divergent thinking were administered, along with Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Test, to two matched groups of 10- to 11 year old school children in untimed "game like' and untimed "test like' conditions. (Editor)

The main purpose of this article is in the methodology of assessing the training and development needs of the current work force of an organization. (Author/RK)