The school counselor is forced to make important decisions in predicting student success. He makes these decisions, correctly or incorrectly, based on available data pertaining to that student. This two part study sought to determine the advantages of using a computer for handling information and making predictions and to see whether the counselor…

Reported are the results of a study concerned with the mathematical course work of teachers and the achievement of their students as measured by the "Scholastic Aptitude Test-Mathematics" (SAT-M). Information about the teachers was obtained by questionnaire. Student scores were obtained from school records. Data were obtained from 26 schools and…

This final report indicates the general areas of investigation in a program of research in the prediction of personal adjustment, conducted over a seventeen-year period. The crucial problems in the prediction of personal adjustment are fundamentally concerned with the data matrix which reflects the experimental designs and displays the essential…

Reported is a study designed (1) to investigate the relationship between teacher-assigned chemistry grades and the scores obtained on a multiple-choice chemistry test built on taxonomic principles, and (2) to compare the contributions of various predictor variables to the explainable variance of the grades and the total test scores. The sample…

This document presents a model for predicting (1) school district spending per pupil, and (2) the effect of alternative forms of school aid. Constrained maximization equations take account of (1) real expenditure per pupil; (2) real school taxes, income taxes, and nonschool property taxes per household; and (3) homeowner's proportion of property…

Last in a series of six volumes on leadership training for noncommissioned Army officers, this document covers guidelines which will provide AIT (advanced individual training) company commanders with information to assist them in assigning and using graduates of the leader preparation course. (See also documents AC 006 904 through AC 006 908.)…

This study was designed to investigate the following question: what treatment is most effective for particular types of clients with a specific problem. One of the objectives of the study was to determine if any relationship existed between two predictor variables (perceptual orientation: field independence-dependence, and personality type:…

The purpose of this study was to develop a semantic differential scale based on achievement motivation concepts by which grade point averages could be predicted. A scale was constructed and administered to 944 freshmen at Northeastern State College in Fall 1967. Two approaches were used. One was to combine semantic differential scale scores…

Addressed to both librarians and systems analysts, this book attempts to apply the analytic methods of operations research and systems analysis to the operating problems of the library. The first part of the book discusses theoretical models with emphasis on the pattern of book use, on its change with time and on the problem of estimating and…

The central purpose of this study was to determine if the quantity of certain high school subjects had significant relationship to academic success or failure of male students at Stout State University. Also studied were high school rank-in-class and the American College Test (ACT) standard composite scores. The following hypotheses were stated in…

A resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia directed the State Council of Higher Education to study the volume and characteristics of freshman applicants and enrollees in the state-controlled institutions of higher education for the fall terms of 1966 and 1967. This document, consisting mainly of 203 tables, contains the results of this…

The cloze technique was used to investigate differences among subjects at different levels of reading difficulty and differences between levels of readability. In addition, differences among lexical, structural, and nth deletion cloze responses were studied. It was hypothesized that an interaction exists between type of deletion and levels of…

Information service in 19xx is the province of a relatively new, highly professionalized group of people known as Certified Information Consultants (CIC). The training of a CIC emphasizes first a grounding in various subject fields, followed by intensive study in the information characteristics and needs of established clientele groups, and the…

The experiment used a repeated measures design to test some hypotheses about the reaction of high school students to simulated jobs. Students explored six divergent jobs in random order and gave their reactions to each job by filling out a standard questionnaire. The results strongly support some revised formulations of Holland's theory of how…

This issue of Impact, a bi-monthly magazine produced by the ERIC Center at The University of Michigan, examines a variety of viewpoints, issues and explorations about out future world. Included is a speech by B.F. Skinner, a presentation on the future and its impact on life/career planning, a curriculum plan for a course in futuristics, and…