Three methods of student enrollment forecasting and the reports of tests of their reliability are described. In forecasting enrollment, school officials should use a variety of methods. (MD)

Thirty-four kindergarten children from an all Black inner city school were administered reading related language measures and the McCarthy Scales of children's abilities. Findings emphasized that screening instruments should include language tests more directly related to early reading acquisition, specifically language analysis skills, rapid…

The creator of Star Trek uses two fictional characters to explain a few offbeat--but effective--ways of thinking about the future. Those capable of using an extraterrestrial's eyes as an exercise, as a challenge, as an exciting game, improve on their ability to estimate where today may be taking us. (Author)

Presented 30 photographs of people posing in different emotions to 15 college students, who predicted how often they would see or perform each expression. Results showed happiness was rated the best, strongest, and most probable expression. Neutral expressions were found to vary in similar ways with other affective expressions. (JAC)

For American workers, the 21st century promises to be an age of mass pioneering of outer space, the ocean depths, and human inner space. (ABM)

Discusses the problem of forecasting manpower flows in administrative hierarchies of educational organizations, reviews groups of manpower models, discusses characteristics of administrative hierarchies and the vacancy model as it relates to those characteristics, and carries out validation and projective tests of the model. (Author/IRT)

In a large metropolitan research university, multiple enrollment models are required to fulfill the needs of the many constituents and planning horizons. In addition, the method of predicting enrollment in a growth environment differs from that of universities in a stable environment. Three models for predicting enrollment are discussed, with a…

A study was undertaken to develop a better understanding of the students enrolled in intermediate algebra (Mathematics 108) at Boise State University, Idaho, and to uncover variables that predicted success in that course. Predictor variables were divided into preenrollment variables and course variables. Examining data for students enrolled in…

The least mean squares (LS) regression method produced the best linear unbiased estimates under the normal error distribution. However, many researchers have noted that the optimal condition is rarely met in real data analyses. To remedy the impact of potential data contamination, several advantages of the least median squares (LMS) regression are…

This study attempted to develop predictive criteria to identify potential drug users. Results indicate that the scale used in the study, the Imaginal Processes Inventory (IPI), may be helpful in being able to predict potential drug users. (JA)

Describes four systematic techniques of future forecasting which could be useful in social planning extrapolation, Delphi forecasting, simulation, scenario-speculation. (Author/NJ)

The methodology of a technological forecast, integrating consultant, industrial, and academic input from three successive Delphi rounds, is presented. (11 references) (Author)

An item sampling model for achievement testing with items scored in an arbitrary number of categories is investigated. (Author)