This is a report of a preliminary study of the job mobility of academic physicists in American higher education institutions that offer a physics major to the baccalaureate level. Survey sampling methods employing a mailed questionnaire were used to collect data from a random sample of 800 academic physicists. The central finding of the study was…

This methodology was developed to obtain sound population and industrial projections for Tennessee, but should be applicable for any small area. The large volume of data required the use of computers, and the nine programs are reproduced in full. The methodology is designed to point out manpower problems which would arise in a region if the…

This study provides empirical validation for Roe's system of classification of occupations by comparing descriptions within that system with descriptions given by immediate supervisors through the Minnesota Job Description Questionnaire (MJDQ). The MJDQ yields Occupational Reinforcer Pattern (ORP) depicting relative magnitudes of 21 reinforcers…

Survey data of employee attitudes from a large sample of U. S. Navy civilian employees is examined for links with employee turnover. Factor analysis is used to reduce the data to a smaller set of underlying variables. Regression analysis is then used to explore the relationship between turnover and attitudinal factors, organization size, and time.…

This study surveyed graduating seniors of East Carolina University relative to employment status immediately prior to graduation. The purpose of the study was to determine the number of graduating seniors who had accepted employment. Other variables investigated were as follows: students who had offers but were still seeking employment; students…

This report examines the job status in October 1971 of recent college graduates and whether they obtained work in their chosen field. Data obtained from supplementary questions to the October 1971 Current Population Survey indicate there were 1.2 million 20- to 34-year olds who had received degrees in 1970 and 1971. The survey showed that of the…

This survey of 130 schools of the Kentucky High School Speech League was designed to develop a profile of the Kentucky forensics coach. The survey consisted of nine basic questions, including education, Kentucky residency, experience, salary, class load, extra responsibilities, extent of the forensic and dramatic programs, and school and…

Each of the five handbooks contains approximately 40 pages of tabular material derived from results of a mail survey of all dental hygienists licensed to practice in each of the states. The statistical tables are concerned with personal characteristics, education and training, professional history, current professional activity, professional…

Effective planning of vocational education programs requires information about both the educational demand of individuals and the manpower demands of business and industry. Two characteristics of the manpower demand in Minnesota which are defined and estimated in this report are occupational demand, the total number of employment positions in a…

Highlighted in this document are the statistical findings of a survey of minorities employed in federal agencies as of 1969, and a summary of program changes which have resulted since 1967. Findings from the survey include: (1) minority groups as a whole comprise 19.2 percent of the full time federal civilian work force in the United States, (2)…

This study was conducted to develop a set of guidelines for making community occupational surveys and to examine the extent to which recent surveys conformed to these guidelines. A total of 42 guidelines were developed from literature pertaining to purposes, objectives, procedures, and techniques for planning, conducting, and reporting surveys. Of…

This handbook has been prepared to eliminate some of the gap of manpower information at the local level by assisting local manpower experts in the collection of manpower data. Arranged in the order in which steps are taken in an actual survey, contents of the handbook progress from survey work preceding the fieldwork phase to work taking place…

Presented in this report are the results of a study conducted by the Texas School for the Deaf to determine the outcome of deaf students as a result of their educational experiences, as well as to gather occupational information about deaf workers. Of a total of 410 persons who left the school between September 1965 and May 1970 at the age of 14…

In April and May of 1975, the Research and Evaluation Department of the Minneapolis Public Schools conducted a needs assessment at the request of the Leadership Development Committee (LDC) to determine what kind of help MPS administrators need to do their jobs better. Two methods were used to collect data. First, a one-page questionnaire was sent…

The sociological study described in this volume, based on extensive interviews with more than 1300 practicing journalists, is one of the first large-scale national inquiries dealing with an occupational group. Interview statistics are used to paint a portrait of the people who make their living as full-time disseminators of news: those who work…