The first of two articles provides current information on the pricing practices of periodical publishers. The second provides current pricing information on U.S. serials services. Both articles include tables which break down the data by subject categories and show increases since 1977. (MES)

Provides an index to Robinson, Shaver and Wrightman's "Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes" (1991) that is designed to supplement the table of contents and facilitate the efficient location of information about a particular instrument. A guide to the index is included. (two references) (EA)

Presents information on 1992 prices for periodical subscriptions including data on average prices by subject category, price percent increases by subject category, annually since 1983, percentage of titles increasing in price by subject category, average prices by Library of Congress Classification Codes, and price increases indexed to the 1977…

Using three published indexes of rehabilitation literature (Index of Selected Rehabilitation Research and Development Literature, Excerpta Medica's Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Abstract Journal, and Rehabilitation Index), a list of core rehabilitation journals was compiled. The 14 journals cited 15 or more times in at least 2 of the…

Introduces a series of eight articles that look at the intellectual or cognitive aspects of text and images from which researchers and system designers may derive new principles or refine those in use. Each article is briefly described, and background information on each author is provided. (KRN)

Describes the development of a functional indexing system that is tailored to the thinking involved in the process of invention. Classification by function is discussed; matrix representation is explained; a controlled vocabulary of verbs, objects, and modifiers is described; and the relation to other indexing systems is examined. (13 references)…

Based mainly on journal literature, this compilation on training the group therapist contains 351 English-language or translated items published from 1947 through 1995. Databases searched were PsychLIT, Medline, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Psychological Abstracts. (RB)

Proposes that the P600 component in event related potential research is not restricted to reanalysis processes, but reflects difficulty with syntactic integration processes in general. (Author/VWL)

The present study investigates the effects of scaffolding and web concordancers on students' proofreading performance. The study addresses the following research questions: (1) How does a concordancer search enhance students' proofreading performance? (2) How does scaffolding for concordancer searches enhance students' proofreading performance?…

The economic, educational and social environments of the students served by a community college are important factors in college performance accountability, policy analysis, program evaluation, and strategic planning. For example, previous research shows that income per county is a significant predictor of transfer rates for community colleges.…

The authors discuss how to use economic techniques to evaluate educational programs and show how to apply basic cost analysis to implementation of school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS). A description of cost analysis concepts used for economic program evaluation is provided, emphasizing the suitability of these concepts for evaluating…

This analysis entailed an examination of student transportation costs for SAUs that have consolidated through new school construction. School Administrative Units (SAUs) on the State Board of Education's list of approved school consolidation projects between 1999-00 and 2004-05 were evaluated to determine if a school consolidation had already…

Large-scale testing programs involving classification decisions typically have multiple forms available and conduct equating to ensure cut-score comparability across forms. A test developer might be interested in the extent to which an examinee who happens to take a particular form would have a consistent classification decision if he or she had…

The paper proposes a metric, the research quality index (RQI), for assessing and tracking university research quality. The RQI is a composite index that encompasses the three main areas of research activity: publications, research grants and higher degree by research activity. The public availability of such an index will also facilitate…

The increased use of effect sizes in single studies and meta-analyses raises new questions about statistical inference. Choice of an effect-size index can have a substantial impact on the interpretation of findings. The authors demonstrate the issue by focusing on two popular effect-size measures, the correlation coefficient and the…