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Griswold, George H.; Kapp, George H. – 1977
A student testing system was developed consisting of computer generated and scored equivalent but unique repeatable tests based on performance objectives for undergraduate chemistry classes. The evaluation part of the computer system, made up of four separate programs written in FORTRAN IV, generates tests containing varying numbers of multiple…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Porch, Ann – 1971
Relative cost and effectiveness of techniques for preparing a computer compatible data base consisting of approximately one million words of natural language are outlined. Considered are dollar cost, ease of editing, and time consumption. Facility for insertion of identifying information within the text, and updating of a text by merging with…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Southwestern Library Interstate Cooperative Endeavor, Dallas, TX. – 1975
The Southwestern Library Interstate Cooperative Endeavor (SLICE) project was an "experimental effort to determine the feasibility of a multi-state library coordination agency" involving the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The success or failure of the project's specific objectives are outlined in…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Feasibility Studies, Information Networks, Information Science
Breslow, Martin P. – 1972
The developmental paper, one of a series written as the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) was conceptualized, is a first attempt to picture the computer system necessary to carry out the project's goals. It describes the basic structure and the anticipated strategies of development of the computer system to be used.…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Goossens, J. L. M.; And Others – 1971
A method to calculate the need for academic staff per faculty, based on educational programs and numbers of students, is described which is based on quantitative relations between programs, student enrollment, and total budget. The model is described schematically and presented in a mathematical form adapted to computer processing. Its application…
Descriptors: College Administration, Conference Reports, Data Processing, Educational Policy
Rouse, William B.; Rouse, Sandra H. – 1976
A mathematical model was used to consider alternative request routing policies for use in the Illinois Library and Information Network. Given data on interlibrary loan demands, the probability of request success, processing and delivery times for various libraries, and a network request routing policy, the model predicted the probability of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Processing, Failure, Information Services
Foley, Walter J. – 1968
The CardPac System of Educational Accounting project developed instruments and procedures for collecting information about aspects of the elementary and secondary educational programs in Iowa. This project included the development of a bank of educational information that will transcribe, integrate, and store information centrally for purposes of…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Weiss, David J. – 1974
A number of strategies are described for adapting ability test items to individual differences in ability levels of testees. Each strategy consists of a different set of rules for selecting the sequence of test items to be administered to a given testee. Advantages and disadvantages of each strategy are discussed, and research issues unique to the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests
Salton, Gerard – 1974
The twenty-second in a series, this report describes research in information organization and retrieval conducted by the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University. The report covers work carried out during the period summer 1972 through summer 1974 and is divided into four parts: indexing theory, automatic content analysis, feedback…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Content Analysis
Ideda, Masumi – 1972
Computer routines designed to produce various management and accounting reports required by the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Financial System are described. Input data requirements and output report formats are presented together with a discussion of the Financial Master File updating capabilities of the system. This document should be…
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Design
Tokmakian, Harold – 1969
Problems and processes of establishing a comprehensive data register to serve the Fresno City Unified School District and other local governmental units are discussed as part of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III. The objective of the report is to examine the present state of data collection and dispersal in the Fresno area and to suggest…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Coordination, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Perkins, Joseph A., Jr. – 1969
Planning, Programming, Budgeting Systems (PPBS) provide a new approach to the optimum use of limited school system resources in improving the learning process. In conjunction with Management Information Systems (MIS), PPBS is a tool which school officials can use to communicate to taxpayers the necessity for current school programs and the manner…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
Bumbarger, C.S., Ed.; Friesen, D., Ed. – 1968
The Banff Regional Conference is intended for superintendents and trustees of medium-sized urban school districts in Canada's four western provinces. Some of the applications and limitations of electronic data processing were discussed at the 1968 conference. The following topics were covered in presentations: (1) A basic introduction to the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education
Klotman, Robert H., Ed. – 1968
This collection of articles on class scheduling problems emphasizes scheduling of music classes. The first part of the booklet contains descriptions of 11 current scheduling practices. The second part is concerned with data processing and the use of computers for scheduling, with discussion centering on the Stanford School Scheduling System. The…
Descriptors: Computers, Curriculum, Data Processing, Elementary Schools
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. Government Studies Center. – 1969
Two distinct types of planning-programing-budgeting systems (PPBS)--manual and semiautomated--have been developed in the ESEA Title III, Intermediate Unit Planning Study (see EA 002 750). The PPB systems are for use by intermediate units and by school districts in Pennsylvania. The first type is detailed in this document and is referred to as the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
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