A survey was made of schools using Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI). The numerical and percentage results of questions concerning the pretesting program, prescriptions, curriculum-embedded tests and posttests are given. (JY)

This is the second report providing information on the nature and extent of local government participation in research and development activities. Data from fiscal years 1968 and 1969 are compared with data from the earlier report which covered 1966 and 1967. The report presents the data by functional area (health, sanitation, education, police,…

A concise method for computing areas under the normal curve using only functions typically found on desk and hand calculators is given. One version of this method will give three-decimal-pace accuracy, and a second, simpler version gives accuracy to two places. (Author/JKS)

A new procedure for nonmetric multidimensional scaling is proposed and evaluated in this extensive article. The procedure generalizes to a wide variety of situations and types of data and is robust with respect to measurement error. The statistical development of the procedure and examples of its use are presented. (JKS)

A study of the various United States as of 1940 showed that suicide rates were higher and homicide rates were lower in states where the quality of life was higher. These findings support a hypothesis derived from Henry and Short's (1954) theory of suicide and homicide. (Author)

A relentless young library job-seeker charts the wondrous behavioral patterns of more than 200 employers. (Author)

This bibliography, conceived as one of the earliest undertakings of the survey, does for the materials published from 1923 to 1931 what the Educational Finance Inquiry's bibliography did for the earlier years. Like the earlier bibliography, this one aims to stimulate school executives and research workers to progress in financing education. In a…

The constituency of the American Library Association Committees is presented. (NH)

Results of an environmental awareness survey are assessed. Local citizens were questioned by personal interview following an Earth Week and Earth Day Fair at Humboldt State College, Arcata, California. (BL)

Summarizes records which have been kept on straight copy performance of students in beginning typewriting. (JS)

A critique of the annual report from the National Center for Educational Statistics, Adult Basic Education Program Statistics: Students and Staff Data." (EB)

Previous efforts to standardize library statistics and the Draft Recommendation concerning the International Standardization of Library Statistics, examined by a Special Committee of Governmental Experts convened in Paris by Unesco from 19 to 28 May 1970 and adopted by the Unesco General Conference at its sixteenth session are discussed. (AB)

The review of the statistical data available at the present time for manpower planning in the field of librarianship suggests some of the developments which are necessary to make it a more satisfactory tool. (Author/NH)