This publication contains the following chapters: Introduction: People and Profits; What Is in an Attitude Survey?; Objectives and Benefits of Attitude Surveys; How Surveys Are Conducted; and The Case Studies. Three appendices and a bibliography are included. (DB)

A general computer program for estimating the unknown coefficients in a set of linear structural equations is described. In its most general form, the variables in the equation system may be unmeasured hypothetical constructs or latent variables, and there may be several measured variables or multiple indicators for each unmeasured variable. Also,…

The MARKTF-M7 computer program, written in FORTRAN IV, scores true/false tests by comparing a control list of T/F values prepared by the instructor with those obtained from the students. The output, primarily for the use of the instructor, consists of a listing of the names of the students with their respective marks prior to the test, the test…

The MARKTF-M3 computer program, written in FORTRAN IV, scores tests (consisting of true-or-false statements about concepts or facts) by comparing the list of true or false values prepared by the instructor with those from the students. The output consists of separate reports to each student advising him of (1) his performance with respect to four…

The computer program MARKTF-M6, written in FORTRAN IV, scores tests (consisting of true-or-false statements about concepts or facts) by comparing the list of true or false values prepared by the instructor with those from the students. The output consists of information to the supervisor about the performance of the students, primarily for his…

The purpose of this study was to determine if a multi-media presentation facilitates synthetic responses. The variables, linearity and meaningfulness of the presentation, were studied using a 2 x 2 design with outside control. The five conditions were administered to 95 fifth graders. The synthetic responses were measured with three tasks. Task I…

This survey investigated problems of teacher supply and demand and collected information from local school districts to be used as base-line data on the current employment of teachers. Iowa's 452 school districts comprised the total sample for the empirical data given. The model survey was designed so that it could be replicated in subsequent…

The variable conceptualization process used in the analysis of data of the 1970 Compensatory Education Programs is discussed. Variables used in the process were designated as being either "univariate" or "constructed." Examples are given of the procedure used in the development of variables. Procedural issues handled in the process of…

Five questionnaires were administered to a group of subjects on two separate occasions. The principal concerns were the following: (1) to find evidence for the existence of stable (i.e., over testings) circular triads, (2) To investigate the appropriateness of the additive difference model, if such stable circularities are found, and (3) If such…

A class of tests for normality using the ratio of two estimates of the standard deviation is generalized to provide a class of tests for multivariate normality using a characterization of the multivariate normal. The posers of some of the tests are examined numerically and compared with the power of a recent similar test. (Author)

Discusses the advantages of more widespread instructional use of machine-readable materials from social science data archives. The author concludes that secondary analysis of archive data can have extremely beneficial effects on the students engaged in the analysis. (Author/DB)

A review of literature dealing with moon phases and psychiatric emergencies was undertaken. (Editor)

Within lay explanation of actions, several significant inferences are assumed to follow from the partition between endogenous and exogenous attributions. An endogenous action is judged to constitute an end in itself; an exogenous action is judged to serve as a means to some further end. (Editor/RK)

In numerous applications of the analysis of variance, it is necessary to compute the power of F tests having numerically high alpha (significance) levels. This article tabulates the power of F tests for a variety of degrees of freedom. (Author/JKS)

Demonstrates the value of dynamic analysis of event-history data for the sociological study of change in categorical variables. An event history records dates of events that occur for some unit of analysis (i.e., an individual's marital or employment status, or outbreaks of riots or wars). (Author/AV)