THE OPERATION OF THE IBM 82 SORTER WAS TAUGHT TO THREE GROUPS OF STUDENTS IN THREE DIFFERENT 2-HOUR SESSIONS. THE GROUPS WERE STATISTICALLY EQUATED ON THE BASIS OF THE STUDENT'S SCORES ON THE SCAT AND IBM MACHINE OPERATORS TESTS. A "STANDARD CLASSROOM" METHOD (INVOLVING A LECTURE AND SUCH AIDS AS A CHALKBOARD AND HAND-OUTS) WAS FOLLOWED IN…

Student data banks for ongoing research and evaluation have been implemented by a number of professional schools. Institutions selecting software designs for the establishment of such systems are often faced with making their choice before all the possible uses of the system are determined. Making software design decisions involves "rational"…

Telewriting, televideo, and facsimile systems are new forms of teleconferencing which can transmit a variety of graphic and pictorial information on voice-grade telephone lines. All of the equipment employs solid-state circuitry to enhance performance and to exploit the limitations of a narrowband channel. Telewriters range from simple…

This report summarizes 1979 activities of the World Fertility Survey (WFS), an international population research program to assist interested countries carry out surveys of human fertility behavior. The document is organized into six major sections. Following an introduction, section two briefly describes participation of countries in Africa,…

With the scholarly record growing faster than funds to employ individuals in libraries to process materials for storage and distribution, libraries must use electronic data processing equipment to distribute such information. The electronic world, however, requires that different interinstitutional relationships be established. Although the…

The report presents results of the development and field testing procedures of a computer based language library retrieval system as part of the Assessment of Language Training for Preschool Handicapped Children Project. The report focuses on the data processing system, the user's manual or thesaurus, the dissemination strategy, a cost analysis,…

This guide states competencies expressed in performance objective format that would normally comprise the instructional goals for business data processing programs on the secondary level. These competencies are grouped into the following categories: punch card equipment operator, data entry operator, data control clerk, data processing librarian,…

THE EXTENT AND PACE OF THE ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY AMONG INSURANCE CARRIERS AND ITS EFFECTS ON INSURANCE OFFICE EMPLOYEES WERE STUDIED. QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 410 FIRMS, REPRESENTING ABOUT 89 PERCENT OF ALL INSURANCE CARRIER EMPLOYMENT, IDENTIFIED 305 FIRMS WITH ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING. OF THESE, 81 PERCENT…

This paper describes the advances in storing and accessing large resources of data as well as possibilities for utilizing these archives in research, instruction, and policy planning. Particular reference is made to the Project TALENT Data Bank. Project TALENT is described briefly. A section summarizes the state of computer technology with respect…

A preliminary plan is presented for the selection, acquisition, intellectual organization, and storage of the information which will underlie the Information Services Operation of the National Standard Reference Data System, as well as for methods of locating desired information items in storage, retrieving, and displaying or communicating them.…

Based on material collected for system-automation studies within the efforts of the Linguistic Documentation Program toward development of a Language Information Network and Clearinghouse System (LINCS), the bibliography lists 216 references under the headings: (1) Survey, Reviews, Symposia (19 references); (2) File-organization Principles (18…

These curriculum outlines are for administrator, supervisor, and teacher use in planning courses at local levels according to community needs and availability of facilities, equipment, and teaching time. The guide may also be used in developing and organizing courses for manpower development and training programs. The course outlines and other…

This appendix describes the Integrated Communications Experiment (ICE), a comprehensive computer software capability developed for the ComField Project. Each major characteristic of the data processing system is treated separately: natural language processing, flexibility, noninterference with the educational process, multipurposeness,…

This paper proposes construction of a separate data base environment for university planning information, distinct from data bases and systems supporting operational functioning and management. The data base would receive some of its input from the management information systems (MIS)/transactional data bases and systems through a process of…

The purpose of this publication is to serve as a course of study for Data Processing I, which is designed for 11th and 12th grade students in a business education program. Intended to give guidelines to school staff and teachers for planning and organizing instructional programs, it lists program goals, student outcomes, and unit activities. The…