South Africa, the last urban, industrial, Western-culture society without television, called for television introduction on January 1, 1976. Thus, South Africa represented the last chance to explore certain research questions about the impact of television in modern societies. A study was made of: (1) factors in the South African context which…

A model of communication has been offered in response to the need for a meaningful conceptual framework generating representative, systematic, and integrated research in counseling and counselor training. The usefulness of the communications paradigm for the practitioner and counselor educator in their conceptualization of the counseling and…

One of six summaries of workshop sessions (See TM 000 130), designed to strengthen the evaluation of costly programs and their effects, this handbook presents an analysis of both random and nonrandom sampling errors by application of the Bayesian model. This model attempts to formalize the process and procedures of inference from data through…

Contained are 15 papers which identify specific areas for research in human uses of the atmosphere and are designed to foster and stimulate interest in these problems among both social and physical scientists. The papers are a preliminary attempt to cope with the complex social, economic, and legal aspects of modifying the weather. Included is an…

This document summarizes the highlights of research on teacher effectiveness and concludes with recommendations based on a synthesis of this past work. The various methodologies that have been used are discussed, from rating scales to objective observation techniques, such as OScAR and the ecological studies. The major problems in teacher…

For this followup study an attempt was made to retest all 136 children evaluated in the Austin, Texas Day Care Program nine months earlier but only 95 children were available. Subjects were Negro and Mexican-American. The original study indicated that significantly higher scores were earned on tests of intellectual performance as a function of…

The report deals with the relationship between measurement and data analysis procedures in sociological research. The author finds that too many measured variables exist in both theory and measurement assumptions. Since these procedures are interrelated, improvements in either or both areas are necessary. Presented are three sections: (1) specific…

Sixty-two firms within 20 industries were surveyed to determine (1) a definition for the term "job vacancy," (2) the extent of job vacancy records of employers, (3) the possibility of data collection on job vacancies, and (4) the problems expected to be encountered in such a collection. After stratification of an industry by the relative size of…

Given the current, apparently favorable, climate for introducing and implementing program evaluation schema, the author questions factors mitigating against success, and variables relevant to program evaluation. He cites two types of problems: technological or instrumental problems of methodology and measurement, and evaluation process into…

Conveys some ideas of the impact that the census undercount may have on the allocation of funds to states and cities by focusing on revenue sharing. (Author/AM)

Developed in this paper is a preliminary model of rationality designed to suggest what "applied" research should be like. The model is based on two ideas which are described and analyzed. One concerns epistemology in practical research, and the other discusses where problems come from in such research. (Author/EB)

Brief comments are offered on the 12 summarized findings of a 1975 survey examiniing the relations between class size and educational effects. (Author)

This paper concentrates on the areas of methodological and theoretical criticisms of research, an explanation of the motive within the expectancy-value theory of motivation and supporting research, and suggestions for further research. (Author/MLF)

Discusses, in the context of library evaluation, the major sources of untrustworthy information and describes what can be done to control them. The emphasis is on assessing the impact of changed operations. (JD)

Whereas group research designs inform us about aggregate experience, single case models seek to answer research questions by a more complete analysis of an individual's life. This article focuses on three single case methodologies: psychohistory, case study, and intensive experimental design. The influence of the holistic perspective is discussed.…