Data collection and analysis as a cybernetic aspect of a Learning Assistance Center (LAC) is discussed. Using the LAC at California State University Long Beach (CSULB) as a model, the LAC is defined as a support, delivery, and referral service for the entire campus community. A LAC is held accountable to itself and its users through a cybernetics…

An evaluative study of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program in Maryland was made. The study aimed at the assessment of the results of this program currently conducted by the University of Maryland. The object of the program is to influence homemakers to change and improve family nutritional practices. This study focused on the…

This report presents the technical details of the sample design used for the day care survey conducted by Westat Research, Inc. under subcontract to Westinghouse Learning Corporation. It follows the recommendations of the preliminary report on sampling design (available as ED 051 880) submitted on August 15, 1970. That report presented the merits…

This second volume of a research report on manpower information availability compares alternative sources of manpower data in a poverty area of Philadelphia. The first volume recognizes the need for data, yet it ignores the statistical problems of comparability, comprehensiveness, and accessibility inherent in the agency records which were…

This study provides the officials of Tempe, Arizona, with a wide range of baseline information regarding citizen attitudes toward the City. It contains a design for an information system which could increase the breadth of information available for decision-making city officials and increase citizen participation in the process. Sixteen community…

The ICED Data Bank is an information system which collects and stores data on international programs conducted by accredited 4-year colleges and universities in the US. The types of international programs defined by the Data Bank are: area studies, topical, other on-campus, work-study and in-service, training, faculty abroad, exchange, technical…

The present research involves teachers' attitudes. In the first phase, individual teachers from inner city schools were interviewed according to a procedure whereby selected samples of tapes of various dialects were played and the teacher was asked to describe her impressions of the child. Adjectives from these free-responses formed the basis for…

A roster of all persons who perform rehabilitation counseling in the United States was compiled, and random samples of 40 each were selected from 25 sampling cells representing the total population of 4,559. Case records, job histories, early career aspirations, and education were examined in order to place the rehabilitation counselor in the…

Activities of the Research Department of the California Teacher Association (CTA) during 1971-1972 are categorized into the following areas: (1) Publication of Research Bulletins, Supplementary Research Reports, Research Resumes and Special Research Reports; (2) Handling of information requests through the department's Research Information…

Some suggestions and ideas for initiating a statewide educational assessment program are provided. Guiding principles for an assessment should be: (1) to specify and define educational goals in terms of measurable outcomes; (2) to involve various publics extensively; (3) to use measurement instruments having face and content validity; (4) to…

The questionnaire used in collecting data regarding school-related alienation from 10,000 senior high school students is provided. The questionnaire is comprised of 23 questions for which 3 or more replies are possible. Data are reported at the 1st Quartile, Median, 3rd Quartile, and the Range. (For related document, see TM 002 455.) (DB)

The use of a short, face valid, objectively scorable questionnaire to obtain students' evaluations of courses as a whole is discussed. The instrument is described from the standpoints of content domain, reliability, face validity, and university-wide applicability. This instrument would provide reliable normed data for use by campus-level…

This booklet is one of a series intended to provide explicit instructions for the collection of oceanographic data and samples at sea. The methods and procedures described have been used by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and found reliable and up-to-date. Instructions are given for taking air samples on board ship to determine the…

Two new directions for strengthening the evaluation and research efforts of school districts are discussed. The first direction is in developing a methodology for clarifying and systematizing formative evaluations; the second is in improving the attitude survey capabilities of school districts. (DB)

While current information on the dynamics of a library is essential, some concern has been expressed about the efficiency of the statistical collecting procedures as well as the usefulness of the statistical data collected at the Purdue University Libraries. Task priorities based on objectives and the significant cost factor of staff time, dictate…