Describes use of multidimensional scaling (MDS) in counseling. Discusses types of data that have been analyzed using MDS, kinds of MDS analyses, and the interpretation of MDS results. Reviews MDS research relevant to vocational, family, group, and individual counseling. Also discusses potential applications in counseling practice. (Author/ABB)

Describes the use of DATAGEN, a BASIC computer program which generates independent and correlated data samples from population parameters specified by the instructor. Maintains that DATAGEN facilitates the demonstration of some fundamental statistical concepts and encourages students to work independently. (Author/JDH)

The purpose of this study was to investigate normal, 40 percent compressed, and 80 percent compressed speech presentations of conceptual data for the "Burns" chapter from the Multimedia Standard First Aid book. There were overall differences among posttest scores attributed to presentation method adjusted, in an analysis of partial variance, for…

This article summarizes the accomplishments of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in implementing several of the Levitan Commission's recommendations to improve labor data and in conducting activities preparatory to the adoption of others. Examines changes in the Current Population Survey program, Current Employment Statistics surveys, and use of the…

Examines problem areas of training needs analysis (TNA), first by presenting a model of the TNA process, then by listing sources of data available for TNA (based on an analysis of the literature), and finally by proposing a method of choosing appropriate data-gathering techniques for TNA. (CT)

The number of U.S. seniors who enrolled in the National Resident Matching Program in 1986 decreased. The most competitive programs were in emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedic surgery, and diagnostic radiology. A new match, called the Medical Specialties Matching Program, is underway for fellowships. (MLW)

A second test was conducted of Cervero's framework that explains the relationship between continuing professional education and performance. A six-week continuing nursing education program was evaluated using both qualitative and quantitative data. The study provides evidence that the one-variable research model is inadequate for explaining the…

The research appraisal checklist, which contains 51 criteria ordered under 8 major research categories, is examined as a method of appraising a nursing research report. Criteria include title, abstract, problem, review of literature, methodology (subjects, instruments, design), data analysis, discussion, and form and style. (CT)

A model is posited that teaching career choice at the end of the sophomore year of college was function, not only of aptitude, family backbground, secondary school experiences, and precollege career choice, but also of college characteristics, institutional environmental dimensions, and measures of the college experience. (Author/MLW)

School business officials can assist boards of education in negotiating with unions by gathering and analyzing data that show the real costs of proposals. (MLF)

Discusses various aspects of scientific software, including evaluation and selection of commercial software products; program exchanges, catalogs, and other information sources; major data analysis packages; statistics and chemometrics software; and artificial intelligence. (JN)

A model was constructed in which it was assumed that cost and enrollment at public two-year colleges are mutally influential. The model was then estimated by both ordinary least squares regression and two-state least squares regression. The results were found to differ only slightly. (Author/MLW)

Describes use of microcomputer-driven electronic digitizers (such as graphics tablets) in the hypsometric (area-altitude) analysis of topographical maps. Focuses on their use in developing input data for a microcomputer program that calculates the statistical moments of the hypsometric integral and its density function. (BC)

Results of a Bureau of Labor Statistics study suggest that the direct contribution of research and development to postwar productivity growth was between 0.1 and 0.2 percent annually in the nonfarm business sector; research and development had no substantial effect on the post-1973 productivity slowdown. (Author)

This article analyzes data on the views of employers concerning the provision of general studies in technical courses and relates these to the wider conception of further education. Employers included among the primary aims of general studies: (1) to broaden a student's outlook, (2) to improve powers of communication, and (3) to enhance general…