Covered in the proceedings of AACRAO's 63rd annual meeting are: basics in systems management; why, when, and how of reporting data; data base management systems; and budgeting. (LBH)

Examines wealth as a measure of economic status, using data from the National Longitudinal Studies of Labor Force Participation. Effects of family background and socioeconomic attainment on net worth suggest that expanded definition of status may yield more understanding of the stratification system. (Author/DB)

In a study of the relationship of sex differences to success in science careers, data were analyzed for 229 female and 221 male chemists who obtained Ph.D's at American universities between 1955 and 1961. Findings indicate that male chemists slightly outpublish female chemists and that sex differences do exist in the determinants of productivity.…

If it is impossible to measure the precise impact of school desegregation on "white flight", it is equally insupportable to claim that there is no effect whatever. Court ordered busing may be the primary stimulus for white flight, but it is impossible to prove that it is the reason for family decisions to remove children from urban…

Explains the use of graphic representations of abstract concepts in teaching college level sociology students about data analysis and research design. (Author/DB)

Discusses recent protest concerning the conduct of survey research. (SL)

Develops a theory of the career as a strategic link between the labor market and individual socioeconomic attainments. Reviews the treatment of careers in the literature of occupational sociology and considers limitations of traditional conceptualization. (Author/DB)

Opportunities exist to influence participation rates in favor of selling. The first step is to communicate the facts about modern sales careers-the challenges, satisfactions, and rewards-to the universities, colleges, and schools responsible for developing marketing people as well as to the general public. (Author)

The research focused on the value patterns of two groups representing different generations. Findings indicate that significant differences in values exist between American adolescents and their parents, but that both groups possess similar value orientations with regard to specific traditional values. (Author/DB)

The effects of immediate knowledge of results, goal setting instructions, and subjects' sex upon answering choice questions were evaluated in a group of seventh grade students. (Editor)

Since 1950, social changes and employment-retirement experiences have contributed to a dramatic increase in labor force participation rates for women, a slower but steady decline for men, and a mixed pattern for teenagers. Tables and charts depict data analyzed in the text. (MF)

Standardized assessment instruments provide data less useful for decision making in infant intervention programs than continuous assessments of progress by which infants' responses to specific treatment cues or situations are monitored daily. (GW)

The newly developed mathematical theory of fuzzy subsets can be applied to educational research and the development of systems for the management of instruction. (SD)

This research used tasks analogous to Delayed Matching-to-Sample tasks to study pigeons' Short Term Memory for responses and reinforcers, as well as for more conventional stimuli. The broad question is whether stimulus, response, and reinforcer memories are all influenced in the same way by the same independent variables. (Author/RK)

Focuses on the relationship before and after pregnancy between a group of young mothers and the fathers of their children. Considers the problem of legitimizing the child and the provision of a so-called "normal" home with both parents versus the adequate preparation of the young mother for future life through completion of her…