The aims of this study were (1) to explore the factor structure of the Personality Research Form (PRF) and (2) to examine the inventory's relations with response styles. In general the PRF content scales correlated moderately with each other and with measures of acquiesence, social desirability, and defensiveness response Biases. Six oblique…

This publication contains the formal papers and the summaries of informal discussions from a "Knowledge Utilization Conference on the Use of Volunteers in Vocational Rehabilitation and Public Welfare Agencies." The conference took place June 4-6, 1972, in the Washington, D.C. area. It was sponsored by the International Association of…

An article about the men who are doing organization Development (O.D.) work is presented. It is divided into the following sections: (1) The Elements of O.D. Practice; (2) Interrelationships of the Elements of O.D. Practice; (3) Sources of Data on O.D. Practice; (4) The O.D. Practitioner and the Client; (5) The O.D. Practitioner and the Evaluator;…

Given multiple independent measures of an underlying true factor and information on group membership, it is possible to compute a set of observed group means for each measure. Given at least three tests, these sets of means may be used to compute the reliability of the means for each test. The procedure for estimating true scores from the…

Results of two factor analyses of 3,722 student ratings of engineering courses and instructors, obtained by using alternative step factoring criteria, were compared on the basis of six criteria. Results indicated that the ten factor solution obtained by using a step criterion of accounting for 70-75% of the total variance as opposed to a five…

Public Education in Colorado is serving as a demonstration project for the Cooperative Accountability Project, as well as for its own accountability statute. An analysis of accountability progress resulting from data gathered from the second annual accountability report is discussed and summarized. Current Colorado Department of Education…

Training programs for data processing personnel are plagued by the rapid turnover of the technology involved. An attempt was made to provide a self-paced training plan for a large, data processing staff. Factor analyses of questionnaires about the skills and tasks involved divided the population into specialization groups. Within the…

This document presents the third annual report of the Louisiana Coordinating Council for Higher Education. Emphasis is placed on the development of a master plan for higher education in Louisiana. Details of the master plan and implementation of it are described. Additional information concerning new degree program review, campus expansion and…

The Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degree programs offered by selected colleges and universities in 13 western states were examined to determine relevant information regarding the composition of the degrees offered. The study specifically concerned: the purpose of the degree, the title assigned to the degree, the length of time…

A random sample of 86 homemakers was included in this study to determine the relationship between the homemakers of Union County's use of recommended budgeting and record keeping practices and selected characteristics. The personal and family characteristics considered were the age of the homemaker, age of the homemaker's husband, and employment…

Data from programs which participated in a study of lifelong learning programs in the United States are contained in this volume. A directory of 949 reporting adult education programs is followed by statistical tables with results from promotion questionnaires. Institutions are compared by size and type. (RS)

Presented in the conference proceedings are schedule and list of participants, seven major papers, and the newborn hearing screening recommendations of the interdisciplinary conference on newborn hearing and early identification of hearing impairment. Neonatal auditory testing is reviewed by Sanford E. Gerber, and Sheldon B. Korones gives a…

Bounds for the tails of Dirichlet integrals are established by showing that each integral as a function of the limits is a Schur function. In particular, it is shown how these bounds apply to the simultaneous analysis of variance test and to the multinomial distribution. (Author)

Writings on the use of computers to grade English compositions are reviewed in this article. A background is given on the work of Ellis Page, whose approach was to quantify the "indicators" of good writing and relate these to human judgments. Endeavors to grade the content as well as the style of student papers are also discussed.…

Reported were proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. Opening ceremonies included a speech summarizing past and projected developments in employment of the handicapped, a speech by Raymond Burr who acted as master of ceremonies, recognition of many categories of volunteers who…