This bibliography lists 155 books, articles, monographs, and other studies on operations analysis in education. The criteria for inclusion are that the study be quantitative and analytical and use techniques of operations research, systems analysis, management science, program planning and budgeting, benefit analysis, cost analysis, benefit-cost…

Three postdoctoral fellows completed a 38-week training program designed to familiarize scientists already experienced in educational research with the techniques of designing and executing a large-scale, long-range educational research project. The program was conducted by the research staff of Project TALENT, a project of the Institute for…

Outlined is an undergraduate electrical engineering course on computer organization designed to meet the need for electrical engineers familiar with digital system design. The program includes both hardware and software aspects of digital systems essential to design function and correlates design and organizational aspects of the subject. The…

Reported are specifications for a computer-oriented first course in electrical engineering giving new direction to the development of texts and alternative courses of study. Guidelines for choice of topics, a statement of fundamental concepts, pitfalls to avoid, and some sample course outlines are given. The study of circuits through computer…

The question of the utility of computers for small colleges is examined in terms of teaching and research or administrative applications. Difficulties and advantages are discussed with respect to teaching and curriculum, operating personnel and program administration, business, registrar and library applications. Costs and implementation are…

This study of the computer/user interface investigated the role of the computer in performing information tasks that users now perform without computer assistance. Users' perceptual/cognitive processes are to be accelerated or augmented by the computer; a long term goal is to delegate information tasks entirely to the computer. Cybernetic and…

This study measures the stability of performance exhibited where different computer programing classes study the same material. By focusing standard measurement techniques on the item difficulty (the proportion of students answering an item correctly), it was determined that up to two-thirds of the reliable variance of a classroom test is held in…

Minicomputer networking can be an alternative solution to the problem of implementing various computer systems in universities. In its simplest case, networking takes the form of multiple small computers communicating over telephone lines to a larger host minicomputer which in turn communicates with the central mainframe. Using computers in this…

The paper argues that existing computer programs for thermal predictions do not produce suitable information for architects, particularly at the early stages of design. It reviews the important building features that determine the thermal environment and the need for heating and cooling plant. Graphical design aids are proposed, with examples to…

The workshop had its genesis in the belief that interactive bibliographic data base searching will become an essential function of reference service and that there is a need for indepth training and more communication with suppliers--the on-line system supplier and the data base supplier. The workshop included presentations by data base suppliers,…

To permit researchers to use the speed and versatility of the computer to process natural language text as well as numerical data without undergoing special training in programing or computer operations, a language analysis package has been developed partially based on several existing programs. An overview of the design is provided and system…

This book is a collection of more than 5,000 abstracts on mathematics and arithmetic techniques related to computer science and to information processing. This collection is compiled from "Computer and Information Systems" and is a continuation of a previous series of books of computer abstracts--"Cumulative Computer Abstracts." (Author/FL)

This paper presents a discussion of the use of educational tests in guidance services as seen in the light of modern developments in statistical theory and computer technology, and of the increasing demands for such services. A focus and vocabulary for this discussion is found in Turnbull's recent article on "Relevance in Testing." Following an…

A computer-assisted course on programing, consisting of a set of 50 lessons, was developed for and is now being used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) personnel. The course is intended for students at about the junior college level with no experience in mathematics beyond high school algebra and with no previous introduction…

The Computer Study Committee was formed under the Board of Regents in Kansas to determine the presence and use of computers in the seven state institutions. To collect data, the Committee sent out questionnaires, made campus visits and conducted interviews. The bulk of the report discusses (1) funding and accounting procedures for computer use and…