A procedure for approximating attained significance levels of exact conditional tests is proposed. The procedure utilizes a sampling from the null distribution of tables having the same marginal frequencies as the observed tables. (Author/JKS)

Two revisions of computer-interactive multidimensional scaling data selection procedures are presented. One revision--based on randomly ordering the list of stimuli--improves the estimates of the multidimensional scaling parameters and the other permits more efficient data designs. (Author/JKS)

An iterative procedure to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of latent structure analysis parameters is described. The procedure is defended against a critic (EJ 187 975) who contended that it would permit unacceptable estimates. (JKS)

Survey data compiled from 321 administrative office managers indicated five broad areas of competencies rated as most important: (1) budgeting, (2) employee incentives and relations, (3) standards and job evaluation, (4) human relations and motivation, and (5) recruitment and dismissal. The survey also indicated that more men than women fill…

Describes a project used in a technical writing class to teach students about questionnaires and informal reports. Tells how students work in small groups to create questionnaires, use the questionnaires on selected populations, evaluate the questionnaires, and write informal reports of the project. (TJ)

Describes the practical and persuasive functions of technical writing in business; outlines the tasks of the technical editor as they relate to direct communication and accuracy. (MAI)

Discusses the causes of student attrition in technical report writing classes; stresses the need to develop the service aspects of such courses. (MAI)

Describes the historical development, organization, and operation of a resource center of materials on technical communication. (MAI)

Eighty graduate students and faculty estimated the correlation coefficient for each of 13 computer-printed scatterplots. As predicted, subjects underestimated the degree of actual correlation. With substantial moderation by a method-of-presentation factor, this underestimation was most pronounced in the middle of the correlational range.…

The importance of measuring the size of an effect for fixed effects factorial analysis of variance designs is emphasized. Technical issues in such measurement are considered and examples are provided. (Author/JKS)

Questions a national commission asks about matters that relate to the concerns of the child. (Author/MLF)

Suggestions are made on effective presentations by evaluators of research studies to audiences who are not statisticians. Examples of effective presentation methods are given: analogies in presenting statistics; graphs or pictorial presentations; summaries to highlight findings; concise reports based on a television newscast style; and judicial…

A method is proposed for overcoming the problem of multicollinearity in multiple regression equations where multiplicative independent terms are entered. The method is not a ridge regression solution. (JKS)

The effect of missing individuals upon the stability of the partition hierarchy yielded by the complete-link clustering technique was investigated. Empirical distributions of indices measuring the goodness-of-fit between partition hierarchies based on full and reduced sets of objects were obtained for data sets in which individuals were missing.…

Outlines procedures for procuring and evaluating actual annual reports for business communication classes. (RL)