Statistics tend to become interesting to non-methodologists when taught in a research context that is relevant to them. Real data sets supplemented by sufficient background information can provide just such a context. Despite this, many textbook authors and instructors of applied statistics rely on artificial data sets to illustrate statistical…

Statistical information about children in the state of Virginia is provided in this summary. Contents are organized under the following general headings: (1) family characteristics; (2) child care; (3) health; (4) schooling; (5) exceptional children; and (6) stress. Subcategories in each area are too numerous to list in their entirety. A sense of…

This study was undertaken to analyze turnover among faculty members who taught during the academic years 1960 to 1985 at U.S. library schools offering master's programs accredited by the American Library Association (ALA). Included in the study were 1,235 persons of whom 605 (49%) were women, and 630 (51%) were men. U.S. library schools holding…

A system for developing public policy indicators would include social, economic, and environmental statistics which would define problems facing a political community. Policy indicator variables center around the broad needs of policy. Any measure of human conditions, including sources outside the basic disciplines, are used; intervals of…

Discussed the decline in the number of women in the administration of private schools and what women should do about the problem. (Author/RK)

Reported is a study on the nutritional status of a cross-sectional sample of 5,300 children, 1 to 6 years of age, in 3,850 families in the U.S. during 2 years (1968 to 1970). (MC)

Presented in the report is background information and statistical data on the distribution of handicapped children in Head Start programs, including numbers of children being served, their handicapping conditions, and the services being provided to them. Data provided includes the following: diagnostic criteria for reporting handicapped children…

The Council of Ontario Universities' 1978 brief on operating support is presented. Section I compares funding recommendations for 1978-79 put forward by the Council on Ontario Universities (COU) and the Ontario Council on University Affairs (OCUS) with the provisions made for that year by the Minister of College and Universities (MCU). Section 2…

Presented are findings of a survey of 38 state child find coordinators. Summarized are responses to the five survey questions: is your 1977-78 child find program primarily a local, statewide, or a combination effort; how many, and what types of children were found; would you rate your state's child find efforts as generally successful or…

Data collected by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in a survey of salaries of library professionals for the fiscal years 1975-76 are analyzed. Tables and graphs display: (1) personnel distribution by salary level, 1974-76; (2) analysis of salaries at ARL university libraries, 1969-1976, comparing salary indices to consumer price…

Discussed are the child abuse reporting laws in Canada and the operation of child abuse registers. Comments on the recommendations of the House of Commons are quoted in the following areas of need: preventive services, research, statistics and information, amendment of the Canada Evidence Act and the Criminal Code, and public and professional…

Statistical data are presented to answer the question, "Why do women work?" and to give highlights of women's employment and education in the years 1972-73, compared to the past. Women's Bureau publications are listed, with instructions for ordering. Also, the myth and the reality of women in the workforce are contrasted. (AJ)