This annual publication is a compilation of statistical data that relates to the goals, programs, policies, and practices of professional education associations in fifty states. Almost 100 items are listed under nine major headings. This collection of statistical data is designed to serve as a quick reference, and it was compiled as a cooperative…

This article summarized the perspective of this issue by recognizing the validity of the issues being raised by the women's rights movement and also recognizing that the "liberation of women" means the liberation of men. (Author/RK)

A survey report on librarians employed in traditional library jobs. (PF)

A table of critical values is presented for use with Chacko's ordered alternatives test for the analysis of variance. (Author/JKS)

A reliable description of the person who writes media letters to newspapers and broadcast stations can be compiled from a combination of telephone and mail data less expensively than attempting to locate these letter writers through a random sample. (Author/JEG)

Assesses the validity of two test samples possibly useful to the public radio station manager for determining program preferences. Results suggest that economic, valid sampling techniques can be developed, which should focus on more accessible and economic techniques than random sampling. (JEG)

Files of machine-readable social science data are not yet under adequate bibliographic control. Two possible innovations to make these files more widely known--library cataloging resulting in a national union catalog, and a national service combining indexing and abstracting, on-line search capability, and documents delivery--are discussed.…

A computer-based, integrated information system incorporating data and information about the data, SIPP ACCESS systematically links technologies of laser disk, mainframe computer, microcomputer, and electronic networks, and applies relational technology to provide access to information about complex statistical data collections. Examples are given…

Presents the findings from a nationwide survey by the Educational Research Service, Inc. of principals on early childhood education. (MD)

Provides an algorithm for determining the median and quartiles of discrete data sets. Describes the graphical equivalent of the numerical method. (JM)

Provides a mathematical model for comparing the infant mortality rates (IMRs) of different States to long-term trends. Presents separate analyses of white IMRs in 49 States and non-white IMRs in 30 States. Nine States had infant mortality trends less favorable than the national experience and 1981-83 rates more than 5% above the national average.…

The paper presents the results of a state-by-state survey of state agencies serving blind and visually impaired individuals. Characteristics of registers reported in use by 27 states are reviewed. (Author/CL)

Data from 50 states indicating the proportion of students classified in 10 categories of exceptionality were compiled and analyzed. Analysis indicated consistent increases in numbers of learning disabled students, consistent decreases in numbers of speech impaired and mentally retarded students, and relatively constant numbers of emotionally…

This report presents detailed statistical tables that reflect the demographic and employment characteristics of doctoral degree holding scientists and engineers in the United States. The data were collected from the 1999 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) with the purpose of providing information to researchers and policymakers in their decision…

This document reports the Research and Development Funding and Performance by Nonprofit Organizations for fiscal years of 1996-1997. Two different questionnaires were used to collect data on the research and development activities of nonprofit organizations. Sections include: (1) Detailed Statistical Tables: Nonprofit Performers of Research and…