Relates Front-End Analysis (FEA) to motivation by categorizing it as either Diagnostic FEA or Planning FEA. The former is used to diagnose existing problems and prescribe motivational programs; the latter assumes that motivational programs must be implemented, along with other programs, to build the optimum environment to support the performance.…

The classification and cataloging of slides pose unique and critical problems in every field where they are used. A brief overview of the literature is presented, along with observations on local area slide systems and a description of a slide system developed for use in C-E Refractories' Research and Development Library utilizing color…

The involvement of the American College Health Association and its role in the development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, American Psychiatric Association Third Revision (DSM-III) over the period of a year is described. (Author)

A German version of the "International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps" was tested in respect to interrater reliability both on the method of relative agreement between raters and on the measure "kappa." Unsatisfactory reliability was found. (Author/DB)

The four major classifications of voice disorders (etiological, perceptual, kinesiologic, and mass and approximation classifications) are reviewed and the use of classifications to communicate with other professionals and to make management decisions is addressed. (CL)

Raises a number of questions about current descriptive definitions of reading. (FL)

Investigates suicide from the vantage point of the suicidal person by analyzing the personal meaning(s) of the act for the individual. Individual recollections were studied and ordered within the framework of Jean Baechler's typology. Results indicated that an identifiable purpose or a pattern of purposes can be categorized within a restricted and…

A review of the literature relating to classification schemes for documents other than that of the Superintendent of Documents is followed by a presentation of the details of the classification scheme created for the University of Texas at El Paso Library, a medium-sized academic library. (Author)

Prediction of group membership is the goal of predictive discriminant analysis (PDA) and the accuracy of group classification is the focus of PDA. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of how PDA works and how it can be used to answer a variety of research questions. The paper explains what PDA is and why it is important, and it…

Beginning with the year 1913, the Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications takes the place of the annual Bibliography of Education previously issued by this office. The presented author and subject index is designed to make the 11 numbers of the record from January, 1913, to January, 1914, inclusive, available for permanent use as an…

The CODEN system which is currently being used as a machine readable key to periodicals, is described. (Author)

Existing methods for coding chemical compounds are discussed and evaluated as to their suitability for documentation of chemical reactions, a new classification for chemical reactions is presented, and possibilities of automatic encoding are studied. (24 references) (Author)

Classification is interpreted so as to incorporate all attempts at the imposition of order upon our observations of the universe. In this article, the fundamental bases of classification are examined: in particular the alien notions of mutual exclusivity and the use of inflexible structures to mirror a dynamic universe. (26 references) (Author/KE)

The author gives the reader a detailed analysis of metaphor. He classifies them in four distinct groups and gives many examples to prove his point. (MR)