An attempt at defining and describing those factors which most often jeopardize the validity of naturalistic behavioral data is presented. A number of investigations from many laboratories which demonstrate these methodological problems are reviewed. Next, suggestions, implementations, and testing of effectiveness of various solutions to these…

The Field Operations and Enforcement Manual for Air Pollution Control, Volume I, explains in detail the following: sources and classification of pollutants; meteorological influence on air quality; the air pollution control agency; the field enforcement officer; the enforcement process; prosecuting violation; and inspection techniques including…

This document presents a taxonomy for classification of classroom observational data. Information for the study was accumulated in successive classes at the School of the Institute of Education, University of Helsinki and processed statistically. The taxonomy was developed through both empirical procedures and logic and concept analysis. Part one…

A taxonomy of response processes has been developed to facilitate the designing of training programs; each kind of task presumably would require a different set of training methods for greatest efficiency, so classifying a task would be part of determining which methods to use. A pool of response distinctions was collected, with special attention…

This study was designed to develop and field test a typology of framework providing for the systematic description, definition, and classification of activities in university continuing education centers. Basic questions pertained to whether such a typology could be developed, and whether other investigators and practitioners could use the…

An evaluation was made of a pilot three week graduate seminar in community development offered at Syracuse University in 1970 as part of the graduate program in adult education. It also tested Robert Stake's Countenance Model, a typology or framework involving the concepts of adult education program rationale, inputs, transactions in the learning…

The present volume, the second part of a final report on tone systems of the Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal, contains the following papers: "Gurung, Tamang, Thakali, Sherpa, and Chepang Prosodies," by Richard S. Pittman; "Proto-Tamang-Gurung-Thakali," by Pittman and Jessie Glover; "Cognate Counts via the Swadesh List in…

Suggestions are given to aid school administrators, area directors, teachers, advisory committees, and architects in planning for the home economics occupational education facility. Requirements are listed for space and equipment for instructional classrooms, laboratories, and laundry and storage areas, as well as space allocation in square feet…

As part of a program to evaluate noncognitive tests for use in classifying recruits, the Navy Vocational Interest Inventory (NVII) was validated against "A" school achievement and analyzed for its ability to differentiate men in different ratings. The NVII was administered experimentally to incoming students at seven "A"…

Twenty teachers of English in Iran Girls' College (Tehran) grouped students homogeneously to attack the problem of overcrowded classes of students with diverse abilities and achievement levels. Hopefully, pupils would identify with their groups and strive competitively for greater proficiency in the English language. School personnel and…

Lack of effectiveness in current instructional output is due to the nature of the theories formulated to improve the structuring of the content of instruction. A rationale is presented for a theoretical position. Based upon this rationale a paradigm is outlined which provides the basis for a comprehensive category system for instructional design…

Many workers in the behavioral sciences and human factors technologies have expressed the need for better classification systems to understand and apply the vast amounts of data required about man for the performance of jobs and tasks. Reviews of existing classification systems, reported in previous technical reports in this series, disclosed more…

The research reported is predicated on the establishment of an empirically derived psychological typology of male delinquents. The schema for the classification of delinquents is based on those ego and super ego functions which have been shown most frequently to be of importance in understanding the dynamics of various delinquent types. This…

The paper deals with one method of organizing the storage unit of a descriptor IPS (information retrieval system) of the SPOD type, the information array of which constitutes the totality of uniform documents with ordered disposition of data within each of them. Three categories of data composing the retrieval form of document were defined…

This teachers guide in behavior modification is divided into five chapters. Chapter one, "Describing Behavior," presents methods for specifying behaviors in precise wording, labeling behavior, and deciding on the target behavior (behavior designated for modification). Chapter two, "Measuring Behavior," describes and illustrates by means of graphs…