Examines the justification for applying concepts of economics to decisions about information services. (Author/LS)

This paper presents a testing procedure that incorporates three key elements. The first element is the use of non-nil null hypotheses. The second element is the determination of a practically significant level that is incorporated into the corresponding non-nil null hypothesis. The third element is the use of a randomization test to statistically…

The author's reply to an HEW task force report on vocational education in high schools refutes the criticisms on the basis of inaccurate citations and misinterpretations of a limited number of research documents. (Editor/MU)

Despite shortcomings, technique is used often to gauge economic results of social projects. (Editor)

Although accurate measurement of training effectiveness is expensive and time consuming, it is possible. Many formal measurements of training results and a few formal measurements of training value have been created. (SE)

Discusses the findings of W. Lee Hansen and Burton A. Weisbrod and their analysis of the income distribution effects of higher education subsidies in California. (BC)

Conventional accounting practices tend to penalize managers who invest in human resource development. Five tables and figures. Four references. (Author/LY)

A brief discussion of the tendency to misuse the technique of cost-effectiveness analysis because it gives superficially simple, quantitative answers to highly complex problems whose sources and repercussions are very poorly understood." (Author/AA)

Ways to analyze the cost of education on a per item basis are presented. (CK)