This paper provides a survey of models for the analysis of individual growth data emphasizing the problems posed by serial or time dependence in the application of polynomial regression models. The concepts of serial correlation and autoregressive models are illustrated. It is demonstrated that standard inference procedures may be quite misleading…

This is the second of four reports representing an effort to develop a system of indicators of scientific technical information. This particular report is concerned with the data analyses which led to the system of statistical indicators described in the first report. It includes a discussion of the overall framework upon which the study was based…

The purpose of this paper is to examine adolescents' shifts in orientations toward and respect for their friends, mothers and fathers from the 7th through the 12th grades. (Author)

What line managers want most from trainers is proof of a training investment pay-off, and techniques are offered to help trainers measure the organizational return on training. (Author/AJ)

The problem lies more in the proper use of standardized tests in decision-making than in the tests themselves. (Author)

Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS), the global environmental monitoring system of the United Nations, aims to assess conditions on planet Earth by establishing a global system of data gathering and monitoring. Projects dealing with the oceans, atmosphere, human health, and renewable natural resources are discussed. (BT)

Suggests that because of deficiencies in the statistical analysis and errors of inference, neither the conclusions nor the policy recommencations derived by Coleman are well supported. (Author/AM)

The entire paper can be summarized by considering the presentation of a stimulus which acts by restricting the set of possible words to a defined short list and the resulting human choice that makes use of information from the stimulus to favor one of the words in the list rather than others. (Author/RK)

The current study was undertaken to obtain information concerning the present status and future needs in the delivery of speech therapy services in Saskatchewan and to provide data concerning the need for a speech therapy program in Saskatchewan. (Editor)

Provides tabular information on demographic, social, and economic characteristics of people of Spanish background in the United States. Information is based on advance data from the March 1977 Current Population Survey. (DB)

The split-population exponential design suggested by Maltz and McCleary to predict parolee recidivism (TM 502 998) was applied to discharged psychiatric inpatients. Parameter estimates changed systematically as greater and greater observation time was allowed in the computation, thus limiting extrapolability. (Author/GDC)

The construction and interpretation of confidence intervals for the prediction of new cases in multiple regression analysis is explained. An example is provided. (JKS)

The financial aspects of educational programs are discussed in this commentary on the evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act. Budget and expenditure data must be examined closely when evaluating educational programs. (JKS)

Reviews research on status and mobility rates between generations and describes a design for studying intergenerational mobility from the perspectives of children and their parents. Findings indicate that proxy reports are not as accurate as self reports. (Author/DB)

A single conceptual and theoretical framework for sampling any configuration of data from one or more population matrices is presented, integrating past designs and discussing implications for more general designs. The theory is based upon a generalization of the generalized symmetric mean approach for single matrix samples. (Author/CTM)