This document attempts to state in simple terms what is necessary as a minimum to ensure the adequate provision of educational statistics in developing countries. It has been developed for the use of Ministries of Education and other interested departments in developing countries to help them develop the basic set of statistics necessary for…

Nearly 4.3 million workers held two jobs or more at the same time in May 1973. Multiple jobholders were 5.1 percent of all employees, about the same as in most years in which surveys were made. Four-fifths of all moonlighters were men. The difference between the multiple jobholding rates of Negro and of white workers was not statistically…

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between the social characteristics of student personnel offices and a student personnel coalition with staff job alienation and job satisfaction. The population of the study was comprised of professional staff members in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at the…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not differences in mean gains for reading and listening achievement, and components of the self concept were observable between pupils who participated in a 6-week summer language arts program and similar children who did not. The sample consisted of 80 disadvantaged Negro second graders and 70…

This study is designed to provide more comprehensive information on Soviet higher learning emphasizing its increasingly close alignment with Soviet national planning and economy. Following introductory material, Soviet curriculums in higher education and schools and statistics are reviewed. Highlights include: (1) A major development in Soviet…

This report presents data on the post-high school educational plans of seniors enrolled in high school in October 1972. Information is presented on college and vocational school plans of seniors by their sex, race, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan residence, region of residence, the educational attainment of their family heads, and family income.…

The results of a project designed to perform a technical audit and a user audit of the Shared Cataloging Support Sub-System of the New England Library Information Network (NELINET) are summarized in a two volume report. This portion, Volume II contains various tabulations of collected data; Volume I (LI 004 445) contains the narrative text.…

A summary of data on adult basic education (ABE) is presented. The information was compiled from the annual program report submitted by each State or other area. The report is divided into two sections: (1) a review of ABE, for fiscal years 1967-1971; and (2) data for fiscal year 1971. (CK)

Designed for use by officials of the Federal Executive and Legislative Branches, this report provides data regarding Federal training activities, developments, and trends. Part I of the report presents statistical data regarding the amounts, types, and sources of the training provided Federal employees during FY 72 and the non-salary expenditures…

This document reports the results of a survey modeled after a national survey of assistant principals taken in 1970 by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. Results from the national survey are reproduced in the document for comparative purposes. In this study, the questionnaire tapped such areas as the characteristics of…

The bulletin provides data on New Mexico's population. Information is given on population size, distribution, and composition; topography and climate; urban and rural population changes; racial and ethnic characteristics; age and sex composition; fertility and mortality; population mobility; nativity; income; marital status; and education. A brief…

The purpose of this study was to determine if white university students were aware of any peer group attitudes toward blacks. Student respondents to a questionnaire felt that college students do not like racists, but a similar group of college students made negative racial responses when their attitudes were measured. The findings provided some…

The primary objectives of this paper are pedagogical: to provide a reliable semi-subjective transformation procedure that might be used without difficulty by beginning students in factor analysis; to clarify and extend the existing knowledge of oblique transformations in general; and to provide a brief but meaningful explication of the general…

This study was concerned with determining the validity of the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) using the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (S-B), Form L-M as the validity criterion. The sample consisted of 724 students enrolled in 10 public school systems in northeastern Massachusetts. Using the Pearson-Product Moment formula a coefficient of…

This book is a compilation of data on black Americans. The record of the past two decades shows that blacks have been migrating out of the rural South into the cities of the North and West. There, with greater choices, many have been progressing economically from unskilled low-paid jobs into white-collar and skilled occupations. In search of…