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Ledvinka, James – Personnel Psychology, 1975
This paper examined the correlation between the Supreme Courts' numerical answers to "how much" questions regarding the employment of minority groups. It further considered how those terms might be incorporated into numerical indices of differential impact. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Demography, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices
Horrigan, Michael W. – 1989
Opinions on how the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) can better meet the data needs of users of government-provided labor market data were sought from users inside and outside government. The following recommendations, among others, are based on those opinions: (1) create a quick-response household survey capability at the BLS, using random digit…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Economic Research, Employment Statistics
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Donofrio, Kathleen E.; And Others – 1990
College and University Personnel Association (CUPA) presents its survey results of salaries of administrators in higher education for 1989-90. The annual survey offers salary data on 167 administrative positions at 1,390 public and private institutions to enable decision makers to evaluate their current pay levels and plan their compensation…
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration), Data Collection
Dearborn Public Schools, MI. – 1981
The Office of Research and Evaluation of the Dearborn Public Schools (Michigan) presents a longitudinal study to analyze grade nine student academic growth over a 2-year period utilizing the results of the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP). The TAP is a nationally normed test designed to assess student progress toward widely accepted…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Data Collection, Longitudinal Studies
Wise, Lauress L.; McLaughlin, Donald H. – 1980
This guidebook is designed for data analysts who are working with computer data files that contain records with incomplete data. It indicates choices the analyst must make and the criteria for making those choices in regard to the following questions: (1) What resources are available for performing the imputation? (2) How big is the data file? (3)…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Software, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Tourangeau, Roger; And Others – 1987
This manual was produced to familiarize data users with the procedures followed in data collection and processing of the fifth follow-up survey of the National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) and to provide documentation for use of the file. The data file is a computerized data base, which is available on magnetic…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Followup Studies, High School Students
Christal, Melodie E.; And Others – 1984
Problems associated with the use of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) data to make institutional comparisons are discussed. It is noted that information collected by HEGIS includes data on enrollment, degrees, finances, employees, libraries, and physical facilities. Attention is directed to the following problems with the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions, Expenditure per Student
Young, Robert; Steele, Sara – 1984
A microcomputer spreadsheet software package can be used for a variety of tasks to manage a program or research project and to cut costs in evaluation. LOTUS 1 2 3 is a versatile, commonly available, and well-known electronic spreadsheet package. Spreadsheets were originally designed to emulate financial ledgers and balance sheets. They are useful…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Data Analysis
FRENCH, JOSEPH L.; NEIDT, CHARLES O. – 1966
THESE GUIDELINES ARE FOR THE USE OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES IN COLLECTING DATA AND FORMULATING DESIGNS TO EVALUATE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. PROVISIONS FOR EVALUATION ARE A REQUIRED PART OF EACH PROJECT PROPOSAL, AND EVALUATIVE DATA REPORTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE SYNTHESIZED AND…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
National Advisory Commission on Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1967
Available library statistical information is unreliable and missing in many areas. This report covers three general subjects: (1) the description of the nature of the figures that are currently available, including lists of library statistics publications, and an indication of some information which is wanted but not available; (2) a discussion of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Collection, Libraries, Literature Reviews
RMC Research Corp., Mountain View, CA. – 1974
Results are presented of an onsite review of data gathered in 1971 by the Consolidated Program Information Report (CPIR), a survey instrument designed to fill the data needs of the Office of Education and state education agencies in relation to federally funded elementary and secondary education programs. This validation and error analysis of CPIR…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Error Patterns, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Wilkerson, F. T. – 1975
The purpose of the research project was to develop a comprehensive evaluation model that could be used to revise and improve adult education programs. The Jefferson County School System was selected for testing the model, and the problem was to determine how adequately the system provided quality adult education programs to meet the needs of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Surveys, Data Collection
Stewart, Joseph David – 1970
Asserting the importance of proper emphasis in curriculum content, this paper investigated some of the problems of present day training evaluation techniques, and described methods for analyzing training effectiveness through valid task analysis inventory data. Parametric and nonparametric statistical procedures were discussed, as well as a matrix…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Correlation, Curriculum Development, Data Collection
Binkley, Ed; And Others – 1972
To obtain information regarding selected characteristics of suspended students in the Metropolitan Nashville Schools during 1971-72, a 17-item questionnaire was sent to principals of the various schools, of which 2,246 answers were used in the data analysis. The results of the analysis are tabulated and discussed in relation to each item. In…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Intermediate Grades, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Liu, Bangnee Alfred – 1966
This manual is designed to provide some help to the educational statistician or equivalent technician who is faced with the task of providing estimates of future school enrollment in a developing country. The author first considers some of the factors determining the growth of school enrollment; needs for estimating future school enrollment; and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Educational Planning
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