An annotated bibliography intended to add to the advancement officer's understanding of the survey (its design, techniques, and uses) is provided. (Author/MLW)

The present study attempts to determine the opinions of preservice elementary teachers, enrolled at four different institutions, regarding the objectives of education. (Author)

This report is a product of research conducted under a program exploring improved methods of acquiring data on sensitive topics, such as the scope and intensity of current social problems. In this case, the problem studied was drug abuse in the Army. A mail survey dealing with illicit drug use was conducted, comparing the data acquisition…

This report summarizes the methods used to study a nationwide sample of over 6000 low-income people, both welfare recipients and the working poor. The objectives were: (1) to find out if self-actuated work behavior among low-income people is related systematically to identifiable characteristics of the individual; (2) to develop hypotheses…

The first of a two-part study of the comprehensive 1962 public library survey, this report presents institutional data for public libraries serving 35,000 persons and above. In content and coverage it continues the 1960 public library survey which was released in three parts in 1961 and 1962 under the title, "Statistics of Public Library…

In 1983 the Office of Affirmative Action and Compliance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison surveyed 300 randomly chosen employees to determine the number of disabled persons in its work force. The results are discussed and the survey is appended. (MLW)

This technical report documents the procedures used to collect and summarize data from the 2000 High School Transcript Study (HSTS 2000). Chapters in the report detail the sampling of schools and students (chapters 2 and 3), data collection procedures (chapter 4), data processing procedures (chapter 5), and weighting procedures (chapter 6).…

This occasional paper updates and extends earlier papers in the Monitoring the Future project. It provides a detailed description of the project's design, including sampling design, data collection procedures, measurement content, and questionnaire format. It attempts to include sufficient information for others who wish to evaluate the results,…

What are the sources of community services program funding? The associate dean of instruction at West Hills College (California) describes the results of a survey of the seven "pace setter" states. (Editor)

This study employed the procedure of item sampling to reduce the time expenditure of participants when responding to a questionnaire concerned with the implementation of an innovative elementary school project. (Author)

The purpose of this investigation is to provide further data concerning the variables, age, intelligence and sex, that may affect moral judgment. (Author/RK)

Paper reports on the patterns of heavy use of two drugs, marihuana and alcohol, in relation to a variety of demographic, social, and personal factors. (Author)

In a project to identify and verify professional competencies for beginning industrial education teachers, researchers found a 173-item questionnaire unwieldy. Using multiple-matrix sampling, they distributed subsets of items to respondents, resulting in adequate returns as well as duplication, postage, and time savings. (SK)

The results of an experiment to determine the effects of questionnaire format, reminder format, and follow-up format on both response rate and response speed in a mail survey are reported. The study used a random sample of students in the six part-time degree programs at the University of Saskatchewan. (Author/MLW)