The article examines the perceptions of managers, academics and technical staff in relation to the transfer of training resulting from their participation in out-country training funded by Bhutan's Ministry of Education. Out-country training refers to in-service education, training and professional development programs, especially in relation to…

Using longitudinal survey data collected in collaboration with a treatment program, this paper estimates the economic impacts of antiretroviral treatment. The responses in two outcomes are studied: (1) labor supply of treated adult AIDS patients; and (2) labor supply of individuals in patients' households. Within six months after treatment…

The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) is a research program that tracks young people as they move from school into further study, work and other destinations. It uses large, nationally representative samples of young people to collect information about education and training, work, and social development. It includes surveys…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has completed two assessments of mathematics, the first conducted in 1972-73 and the second during 1977-78. Each assessment surveyed the mathematics achievement of American 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds, using a deeply stratified, multi-stage probability sample design. This report documents…

RESGEN is a computer program designed to generate simulated latent trait distributions and then dichotomous or polytomous item responses based on item response models. The latent trait distributions can be univariate or multivariate normal, log-normal, uniform, or gamma. The item response models utilized in this program may have characteristics…

A large sample method for obtaining asymptotic simultaneous confidence bands for a three-parameter logistic response curve is described. Simultaneous confidence bands indicate the sampling variation of item response curves relative to a fitted function. A procedure is given which requires as input maximum likelihood parameter estimates and an…

This CD-ROM disc contains data from the Survey of 1989-90 Recent College Graduates (RCG:91), a national survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The data available are the public release files in contrast to the restricted use files which are available only under license from NCES. In addition to survey data…

Statistical significance is often misinterpreted to mean replicability or generalizability of results, although a statistically significant difference does not equal a reliable difference. Sample splitting procedures may be a more accurate way of estimating research result generalizability. This type of cross-validation involves randomly dividing…

L-scaling is introduced as a technique for determining the weights in weighted averages or scaled scores for T joint observations on K variables. The technique is so named because of its formal resemblance to the Leontief matrix of mathematical economics. L-scaling is compared to several widely-used procedures for data reduction, and the…

Empirically determines if two approaches, i.e., individual predictor information versus group information, would yield different predictive results, and since the second approach involved the additional expense of grouping whether the prediction of criterion measures by individual data could be enhanced by the addition of group data. (Author/RC)

The purpose of this study was to explore a group of non-dating pre-adolescents meaning of dating by investigating their reasons for engaging in this social behavior and their perception of those activities that constituted this role from their present frame of reference. (Author)

A brief, practical overview of "design effects" (DEFFs) is presented for users of the results of sample surveys. The overview is intended to help such users to determine how and when to use DEFFs and to compute them correctly. DEFFs are needed only for inferential statistics, not for descriptive statistics. When the selections for…

Three procedures for evaluating the sampling specificity of results are reviewed. These procedures are Tukey's jacknife technique, Efron's bootstrap technique, and cross-validation methods. The jacknife technique uses different subsamples derived from the original total data set to provide empirical estimates of the generalizability of effect…

The question of how high a response rate is needed in order for telephone surveys to obtain data that accurately represent the entire sample, was investigated via reevaluating results of three previously published studies and reporting on three 1989 studies for the first time. The three previous studies indicated that, if the sample…

A guide to survey research is presented for both novice and experienced researchers. Steps of the survey research process are covered: (1) planning the survey to determine the purpose of the study, collecting background information, designing the sample, and making a time line for completing the project; (2) questionnaire design, including the…