The accuracy of teaching and determination of student progress with and without data collection were measured for three teaching assistants in classrooms for severely handicapped adolescents. Results appeared to support theories that teachers' subjective judgments of student performance are more prone to error than those based on recorded data.…

This publication presents estimates of drug-related emergency department (ED) episodes from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) from 1994 through the first half of 2001. DAWN is an ongoing, national data system that collects information on drug-related visits to EDs from a national probability sample of hospitals. This publication marks a major…

This paper takes as its data the assumptions, processes of deduction, and data types used in leading publications of historiometric studies of creativity. The paper uses this data to question the philosophical assumptions of the historiometrics of creativity from within its own positivist paradigm and to argue that its conclusions are…

Creating a survey that asks the right questions at a level appropriate for the intended audience is a difficult task. This guide is designed to support educators who want to be confident that the data they gather will be useful. The guide is organized according to the developmental steps in creating a survey. Individual chapters correspond to the…

An evaluation of a technique for minimizing subject-observer interaction is presented. The data show that nine children with school-adjustment problems looked less frequently at observers wearing sunglasses than at observers without sunglasses. (Authors)

The author concludes that the ideographic nomothetic technique adapted to the classroom can teach the model implicit in the technique while at the same time creating a set with which to examine personality. (Author)

Two charts are given: one to assess program objectives; the other, resources. (MB)

New mandatory recordkeeping program covers almost 60 million workers and will provide Nation with a more accurate toll of job-related injuries and illnesses. (Editor)

An edge-notched interlibrary loan application form has been designed for use with a Factfinder" vibratory sorter, for use within an applying library to permit easy processing of applications and overdues. The code spaces also allow collection of statistics on type of library borrowed from and type of material. (Author)

Mail questionnaire survey of employment by occupation provides data for labor market analysis, employment projections, and educational program planning. (BH)

Four words that cause the highest incidence of error in the English language are discussed. (CK)

Article suggests ways to slow the deluge of questionnaires that is strangling the academic world and its administrators, and still improve data collection. (Editor)