Using fiscal data provided by the finance office of the school district, and personnel data obtained from the California Basic Education Data System (maintained by the California Department of Education, or CDE), the authors present analyses to provide a foundation for local policymakers that may be used to assess whether there are inequities in…

In 1970, prior to the 1972 enactment of Title IX, there were only 2.5 women's teams per school and a total of only about 16,000 female intercollegiate athletes. In 1977/1978, the academic year preceding the mandatory compliance date for Title IX, the number of varsity sports for women had grown to 5.61 per school. A decade later, in 1988, the…

A simulation study was conducted to identify the best hot-deck variation to impute missing values. The three variations included in the study were the hot-deck random, the hot-deck sequential, and the hot-deck distance. The properties of these methods were investigated under three levels of the proportion of incomplete records and four levels…

Survey data are provided on the extent to which the Library of Congress Classification system was used in 1967 and 1971 by libraries of various sizes and categories. (Author/PF)

Author contended that if the arts are to be involved in education, if they are to achieve, there is much work to do with regard to three relevant issues: politics, articulation, and research. (Author/RK)

This study investigated the utilization of the Henry model with the method of least squares to describe the average velocity versus distance running curve. (Author)

A Monte Carlo technique was employed in order to compare the relative power and robustness of the Bartlett, Cochran, Hartley, and Levene tests for homogeniety of variance. (Editor)

The aim of good data graphics is to display data accurately and clearly. This definition is used as a point of departure for developing 12 rules of bad data display: (1) show as little data as possible (minimize the data density); (2) hide what data you do show (minimize the data-ink ratio); (3) ignore the visual metaphor altogether; (4) only…

A paradigm for experimental studies of conversation training is developed. This paradigm offers a way of interpreting conservation training studies as well as suggesting several fertile areas for future studies. (Editor)

This paper was written to help local level advocates in the human services understand and use statistical data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Because of budget cuts, difficult times are ahead for human services delivery. Advocates need to strengthen their technical skills. In the first section of the paper, two new programs of published data…

This paper presents statistical data, based on the 1970 census, illustrating the proportionate representation of Asian/Pacific people in the areas of population, education, and employment in Los Angeles County. Tables provide comparative data on population and education, male population and selected occupational categories, female population and…