Describes nonreactive methodology as unobstrusive methods of collecting data that do not interfere with the response itself. Discusses examples of use of nonreactive methodology in student affairs and presents practical steps to help in beginning a program of nonreactive research. (Author/NB)

A survey completed by 40 regular and 54 special education teachers indicated that the majority did not use or used sparingly the existing data collection methods. Ss collected and analyzed academic data more than adaptive, emotional, and social data. A computerized technique was advocated by the author. (CL)

Faculty feedback is an effective method for administrators to assess their performance and work toward leadership improvement. Guidelines for developing and using self-styled faculty feedback instruments are provided. (MD)

This article argues that treating interviews with adolescents as actual instances of adolescent-adult interaction yields an additional order of data, located in the conversing, which can complement the content analysis and interpretation of answers to questions. The technique is illustrated by transcribed passages from interviews with young…

A stringent "need to know" test for data gathering must be applied before teachers are asked to give their time supplying program information. (Author/RK)

Discusses the theory, design, and availability of laboratory recorders. (MLH)

Cognition in the elderly has been widely investigated, but there has been some disagreement concerning this phenomenon fostered in part by differences in instruments used, in data collection methods, and in analytic methods used. This study used Immediate and Delayed Recall data collected by the Health and Retirement Survey housed at the…

Evaluators of a statewide systemic school reform effort used Likert-type survey items to assess teachers satisfaction with the reform effort. They also asked teachers to respond to an open-ended item on the conversations about teaching and learning in which they had engaged in the previous 18 months. Thirty-three schools responded, for a total of…

The Microsoft Certification Program (MCP) includes many new computer-based item types, based on complex cases involving the Windows 2000 (registered) operating system. This Innovative Item Technology (IIT) has presented challenges beyond traditional psychometric considerations such as capturing and storing the relevant response data from…

This book shows how the results of needs assessments can be transformed into action plans for an organization and discusses the procedures for facilitating that change. The book also contains a detailed glossary of needs assessment terms. The chapters are: (1) "The Need"; (2) "The Three Phases of Needs Assessment: A Closer Look"; (3) "Data-Related…

Unit nonresponse causes bias in survey estimates when the outcomes of respondents and nonrespondents are different. In the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study of 1999-2000 (NPSAS:2000) there were three levels of response, one of which was computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) response. Because the response rates were less than 70% in…

This document provides a look at the state of the arts in the southeastern region of the National Art Education Education Association. The data for the report were collected originally to assist the Georgia Art Education Association to advocate for the arts in education during the year 2000. It proved to be difficult to obtain consistent data from…

We compare different epistemological frameworks for the effective collection of creativity data. We suggest that researchers' epistemological approaches can significantly influence collection methods and subsequent outcomes. Classic sociological epistemological approaches--functionalism, interpretivism, radical humanism, and radical structuralism…

This survey was developed in 1991 by Marilyn Gillespie, David Spener, and JoAnn Crandall at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), and was used for a 2-year project with funding from the National Center for Adult Literacy, established at the University of Pennsylvania by the U.S. Department of Education. The survey was used to collect…

This companion guidebook augments the Federal Emergency Management Agency's publication entitled "FEMA 154, Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: A Handbook." The guidebook, which provides assistance in the use of the Rapid Screening Procedure (RSP), is intended for use by public school districts with…