Describes the Domestic Information Display System, which uses interactive color graphics to provide decision makers with a tool for analyzing statistical data. Examples of its use are included. (Author/MBR)

Public awareness activities of Wisconsin's Statewide Child Identification Project are described; and data on distribution of public awareness materials are presented along with statistics on the number, ages and exceptional educational needs of previously served and unserved children. (CL)

Data for 72 major metropolitan newspapers are analyzed relating structural differentiation of news organizations to their metropolitan environments. One finding is that when competition is absent, the relationship between newspapers and consumer markets becomes attenuated. (Author/IRT)

Tree representations of similarity data are investigated. Hierarchical clustering is critically examined, and a more general procedure, called the additive tree, is presented. The additive tree representation is then compared to multidimensional scaling. (Author/JKS)

Descriptive quantitative data on various aspects of CAI are reported, including subject matter, author languages, instructional strategies, level of instruction, sources, and central processors. (Author)

Reports the results of a study of suicide among 35 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The average annual rate (14.1 per 100,000) of suicide in this force was approximately one-half that of the comparable general population, and the most common means of suicide was by service revolver (77% of cases).

The Surgeon General?s report on youth violence, released in January 2001, notes that youth violence is a serious public health issue that affects millions of children and their families. A shared commitment to ending youth violence has led to a strong partnership between the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Centers…

Research has shown that persons who engage in binge alcohol use as teenagers are at increased risk for binge drinking as young adults. Binge Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12 to 20: 2002 and 2003 Update asks respondents aged 12 or older to report their frequency and quantity of alcohol use during the month before the survey. NSDUH defines binge…

This descriptive analysis of institutions includes frequency and rates of participation, regional and Canadian representation, and the involvement of nonacademic departments. (PS)

Provides evidence to show that, on a 240 workday year, beginning teachers are paid at a rate identical to starting salaries in industry. (JF)

Three solutions to the problem of treating compiled statistical data graphically are proposed. The first is based on the concept of index number and the other two are based on component-bar graphs. (2 references) (Author/NH)

A statistical profile of America as outlined by census statistics can provide the nation's school children with information on social history and current events which are soundly based on fact, not on fantasied opinions. (Author)

Excerpt from Commons Debates. (NQ)

In a situation where cheating increases, the students most apt to become cheaters are those seated adjacent to identified cheaters. In all cases, cheaters tend to voluntarily seat themselves adjacent to one another rather than seating themselves adjacent to noncheaters. The voluntary isolation appears to persist even as cheating increases or…

Reported are data obtained from a questionnaire survey of 152 deaf adults. Subjects were questioned concerning medical and audiological history, communication abilities and preferences, and educational, vocational, and social backgrounds. (Author)