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Frick, Janet W.; Cofer, Charles N. – British Journal of Psychology, 1972
Experiments reported here were designed to investigate the drive known as epistemic curiosity which Berlyne had previously demonstrated by showing that subjects given a questionnaire and then a set of statements including answers to the questionnaire recalled more of these answers than subjects not given the questionnaire. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Curiosity, Data Analysis, Performance Factors, Questionnaires
EPD Consortium D, Richardson, TX. – 1975
A mail survey of vocational-techncial teachers in Texas was conducted to identify tasks performed, knowledge required, and amount of time spent in the performance of these tasks. A questionnaire was given to 1,149 vocational-technical teachers with 85 percent responding. The teachers were classified according to vocational program areas and were…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Questionnaires, State Surveys, Tables (Data)
EPD Consortium D, Richardson, TX. – 1975
A mail survey of secondary vocational-technical directors in Texas was conducted to identify the tasks they performed and to determine the amount of time spent in the performance of these tasks. Data were gathered using a 56-item questionnaire given to all secondary vocational-technical directors in the state (169) with an 82 percent return rate.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Data Analysis, Educational Administration, Questionnaires
EPD Consortium D, Richardson, TX. – 1975
A mail survey of vocational-technical counselors and guidance personnel in Texas was conducted to identify the tasks performed and amount of time spent in the performance of these tasks. A questionnaire was distributed to 40 occupational orientation teachers (with 87 percent responding) and 160 counselors and guidance personnel (with 92 percent…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselors, Data Analysis, Guidance Personnel
Crooks, Lois A.; Mahoney, Margaret H. – 1971
This report is a description of the instrumentation, methodology, and sample obtained for the final phase of the study concerned with the Occupational Inventory Management Specialist. Inventory managers were asked to keep a Daily Activity Log for five days and to record the range of activities and interaction with others in the process of…
Descriptors: Administration, Aptitude Tests, Blacks, Data Analysis
Gilligan, Thomas J.; Sherman, V. Clayton – 1974
A study of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Nurse Aide (NA), and Homemaker-Home Health Aide (H-HHA) occupations was conducted during 1972-73 in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Questionnaires were administered to 600 LPNs, NAs, and H-HHAs in 30 health facilities who rated the frequency and importance of 346 tasks. Usable questionnaires numbered…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Sherman, V. Clayton – 1975
The report describes a study designed to analyze nurses' management duties and to identify their tasks in planning, organizing, staffing. leading, communication, decision making, and controlling. A total of 117 supervisory nurses and unit managers from four Western Michigan short-term general hospitals in the 410-540 bed range participated in the…
Descriptors: Administration, Data Analysis, Educational Quality, Job Satisfaction
Crooks, Lois A., Ed. – 1972
This invitational conference was convened to report the principal findings of a six-year study of possible sources of bias in the prediction of job performance. The research was conducted jointly by Educational Testing Service and the U.S. Civil Service Commission, supported by the Ford Foundation. Data were gathered on test and job performance of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Conference Reports, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests