A study was conducted in 52 African countries to determine the extent of braille facilities for the blind, with the aim of choosing a location for a central braille producing facility. To make the selection, the factors of ease of communication (i.e., central location), political stability, and extent of already existing organizations for the…

In June 1973, a survey was made among 226 institutions granting doctoral degrees regarding the first-year applications and expected enrollments for masters or higher degrees for the Fall of 1972 and the Fall of 1973. Sufficient data to analyze was received from 153, or 68 percent of those institutions. The data analysis compares types of…

In the fall and winter of 1971, the Oregon Educational Coordinating Council and the Office of High School Relations of the State Department of Higher Education undertook a project to survey the future plans of all Oregon high school seniors. This report presents a summary of the results of this survey and some important implications of the survey…

This survey was conducted: (1) to develop a survey instrument for the collection of viewer interviews with the guidance and involvement of personnel recruited from inner city communities; (2) to ascertain if Sesame Street was being received by a significant number of inner city households in the low-income, minority, communities of Los Angeles and…

The 1963 Freshman class at the University of New Mexico was studied through June, 1968, for performance patterns in relation to overall performance, high school grade-point average, male-female, Spanish surnames and non-Spanish surnames. In addition to university furnished data, questionnaires were submitted to a stratified random sample of…

The State University of New York College of Arts and Science at Geneseo initiated a 3-year baccalaureate degree program in the fall 1971 semester by enrolling 106 freshmen representing six departments. An additional 372 freshmen entered the program in the fall 1972 semester, bringing the current total enrollment to 458 students representing majors…

This report presents comparison data on the United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) graduates in the class of 1973 and the entire class. The data were obtained from the annual survey of entering freshmen college students by the American Council on Education. Tables in this report present data of five categories: (1) all cadets…

A second follow-up of students in five cities in 1947 who had taken the Differential Aptitude Tests is reported. Questionnaires were sent out to 2,386 individuals, and replies were received from 1,430. Their Differential Aptitude Test scores were converted to standard scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, based upon the original…

Unesco presents a library statistics program, including definitions and classifications. It recommends close cooperation between national and international bodies with a view toward improving access to, and the comparability of, library statistics. The section on book production statistics explains the standards set forth in the recommendations,…

The procedure of item sampling was employed to reduce the time expenditure of participants when responding to a questionnaire concerned with the implementation of an innovative elementary school project. Approximately 50 student teachers and 42 regular classroom teachers responded to one of two forms of the questionnaire. There was a total of 103…

Factor analysis of an instructor rating form administered to three successive student and teacher populations revealed a reasonably consistent factor structure across analyses. Substantial changes in proportions of common variance appeared when comparing anonymous and nonanonymous conditions. (Author/LBH)

Describes steps taken to improve usage of a public library young adult collection: (1) a survey of students' reading interests and needs; (2) analysis of the collection; (3) comparison of survey results with the collection; and (4) selection of additional titles. An annotated bibliography, the questionnaire, and survey results are appended. (11…

A survey of 301 Illinois special libraries was conducted in 1982 to determine the number and type of statistics collected by these libraries and the ways in which these data are used. The mean number of statistics collected was reported as 10, including both technical and public service measures. Measures kept regularly by at least 50% of the…

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes toward collective bargaining of teachers, principals, central office staff, and superintendents employed by Tennessee's public school systems. A 10-item opinionnaire was completed by personnel in 160 Tennessee schools. The results of this attitude questionnaire indicated that, as a whole,…

Statistical data are presented on interviews conducted through the Continuous National Survey (CNS) at the National Opinion Research Center in Chicago and based on results reprinted from "Public Concepts of the Values and Costs of Higher Education," by Angus Campbell and William C. Eckerman. The CNS results presented in this report are…