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Download full textLincoln, Yvonna S. – 1980
Stressing the value of documents and records as information sources for the educational evaluation community, this report explores the differences between the two, their utility for inquirers, and methods and procedures for dealing with them. Three forms of documentary analysis are described: (1) simple tracking, which involves documenting both…
Descriptors: Case Records, Content Analysis, Documentation, Evaluation Methods
David, A., Ed.; And Others – 1979
This study has as its main object the formulation of an approach, as global and comprehensive as possible, to the multiple aspects of the engineer's needs for scientific and technical information. The basis of the study is an analysis of the engineer's role, its characteristics, different specialties, levels of training, and categories of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Engineering, Engineering Education, Engineers
Lippincott, Joan K. – 1977
This program introduces undergraduate and graduate university students to the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) system. The document includes an outline of objectives, a list of materials, description of procedures, the script for the taped program, and an evaluation form. This program was developed as a point-of-use library…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Instructional Materials
Kester, Ralph J. – 1979
This document is the fifth volume in a set of five Career Education Measurement Handbooks intended to help local education personnel in measurement and evaluation. Divided into seven chapters, this handbook is designed to provide practical guidelines for using observational techniques to take readings of the feelings, perceptions, and reactions of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
SUMMERS, EDWARD G. – 1968
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OBJECTIVE STRATEGY FOR THE SELECTION OF JOURNAL LITERATURE IN THE RETRIEVAL OF READING RESEARCH IS DESCRIBED. A FREQUENCY COUNT WAS MADE OF THE ARTICLES APPEARING IN THE GRAY SUMMARIES OF READING RESEARCH PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE READING RESEARCH CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE JOURNALS FOR THE PERIOD 1884 TO…
Descriptors: Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Utilization, Periodicals
GOLDWYN, A.J.; AND OTHERS – 1965
RESEARCH RESULTS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH INFORMATION CENTER ARE REPORTED. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDE (1) A DESCRIPTION OF ACQUISITION PROCEDURES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF NEW-MEDIA RESEARCH, (2) DETAILS ON A PILOT USER GROUP'S PARTICIPATION IN SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Educational Research, Information Processing, Information Systems
Madey, Doren L.; Stenner, A. Jackson – 1980
Policy Implications Analysis (PIA) is a tool designed to maximize the likelihood that an evaluation report will have an impact on decision-making. PIA was designed to help people planning and conducting evaluations tailor their information so that it has optimal potential for being used and acted upon. This paper describes the development and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Information Utilization
Hicks, Ronald G. – 1980
Although the apparent audiences of the news media are quite large, the real audience for news, in particular hard news of politics and public affairs, is much smaller than is commonly assumed. This situation, while antithetical to the democratic ideal of a news-hungry, well-informed electorate, in practice makes little difference in the way the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Audiences, Information Needs, Information Utilization
Porat, Marc Uri; Rubin, Michael R. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. This volume consists of input-output tables showing…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Research, Industry, Information Utilization
Porat, Marc Uri; Rubin, Michael R. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Research, Industry, Information Utilization
PDF pending restorationPorat, Marc U. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employment Statistics, Industry, Information Utilization
Porat, Marc U. – 1977
This report series defines and measures the "information activity" within the national economy. "Information activity" is defined to include those specific industries and occupations whose primary function is to produce, process, or transmit economically valuable information. Changes in the national labor force are analyzed…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Research, Industry, Information Utilization
Eidell, Terry L. – 1977
This report discussed the conceptual and technical problems which constrain information systems (acquiring, classifying, storing, searching, retrieving) and shows how these are affected by certain characteristics of educational administration's knowledge base. The following constraints are identified: (1) the eclectic and multi-disciplinary…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Information Processing, Information Scientists, Information Systems
Allen, Thomas J.; Gerstberger, Peter G. – 1967
The criteria employed by engineers in the selection of various technical information channels in problem-solving endeavors are investigated. The relationships of certain criteria identified in past research to such factors as frequency of channel utilization and the rate at which engineers accept or reject technical information received from…
Descriptors: Criteria, Engineers, Information Seeking, Information Services
Ember, George – 1968
A discussion of the diagnostic process and the medical librarian's potential role in that process is provided in this document. The author recommends that the medical librarian be an active member of the health team involved in diagnostic activities and that the librarian's role should be that of a consultant whose function is to bring together…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Health Personnel, Information Needs, Information Utilization
