Personal and telephone surveys are compared to measure differences between the modes for identical questions. Speed of questioning is greater in telephone interviews, and so open-ended items in telephone interviews yield shorter answers. Reduced responses are disproportionately exhibited by younger, affluent respondents, who often provide detailed…

Presents two models for statistically analyzing occupational mobility. The models show how the destination distribution is shifted for each shift of one or more steps on the scale of occupational origins. (Author/AV)

The report presents a descriptive analysis of nonmedical drug use over a six-year period among college students enrolled in selected health science classes at five American universities. (Author/MJB)

The results of an extensive analysis of the statistical methodology employed by researchers whose manuscripts were published in the first twelve volumes of the "Educational Administration Quarterly" are reported. (Author)

The nature of experimental designs in the evaluation of educational programs is addressed in this commentary on the evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act and a paper detailing that evaluation (TM 503 672). (JKS)

Summarizes data from a use study of the PLAN ET computer conferencing system, including some typical uses and patterns of use, as well as managerial implications for the user and the operator of such a system. (Author/MBR)

The author describes her struggles with the issues involved in doing intensive life history research. She was investigating the process of maturation of children who grew up in the San Francisco public housing projects and were able to develop sufficient psychological strength to avoid common problems of project life. (Author)

The most important feature of science is that of controlled observations. There is a need for using multiple measures gathered in multiple ways from multiple sources. The intensive study of one or a few cases is a research strategy ideally suited for practicing counselors. It combines theory, research, and practice. (Author/JEL)

This paper critiques Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin's "Delinquency in a Birth Cohort," (1972) which is the analysis of the recorded delinquent careers of a cohort of nearly 10,000 boys in Philadelphia, by outlining the consequences of an inadequate and cursory use of tabular analysis. (Author/RM)

Analyzes metropolitan characteristics which are hypothesized to be related to the prevalence of six kinds of voluntary organizations in 93 standard metropolitan sampling areas (SMSAs). Concludes that the socioeconomic status level of an SMSA is significantly related only to the prevalence of associations serving high status occupational groups.…

This paper attempts to clarify some of the changes that have taken place in developmental psychology between 1962 and 1975. Journal references in all articles in six journals devoted primarily to research in developmental psychology were tabulated. Patterns of references to developmental and to nondevelopmental journals are analyzed and discussed.…

This paper suggests a variety of practical strategies which can be used in qualitative analysis of participant observation programs. (JR)

Research studies are analyzed to determine what factors influence parents' positive evaluations of schools. (GW)

This paper is an examination, both theoretical and empirical, of three measures of desegregation (the dissimilarity index, the segregation index and the information theory index) with the empirical focus on school desegregation. (Author)

Problems associated with the analysis and interpretation of aggregated data in school effects research are discussed. The multilevel character of school effects research is described. Data from the IEA Six-Subjects Survey of Science Achievement in Australia are used to illustrate the differences in between-student and between-school models of the…