Ratings of evaluation consultant and evaluation report were influenced by use of jargon and data but were generally unrelated to whether they were read by a lay or professional audiences. In contrast, extent of agreement with recommendations were related to audience type and rarely related to the style of the report. (Author/GK)

Slower employment growth in most industries, a reversal of the trend toward a larger share of jobs in the public sector, and a return to more rapid productivity gains are some of the highlights of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest long-range projections of employment and output by industry. (BM)

A strong increase in employment highlighted the nation's job situation in 1978. A record 59 percent of the working-age population were jobholders by the end of fourth quarter and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.8 percent. Women age 16 and over accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the civilian labor force. (BM)

Describes the development of the computerized Library Control System, which links the resources of the Ohio State University Libraries and the State Library of Ohio, enabling users at either institution to access the complete holdings of the other. Borrowing statistics are reviewed in light of this new capability. (JD)

Describes the importance of the school market to book publishers, supported by statistics and survey results. (Author/CMV)

Over 2,000 state correctional facilities responded to a survey of handicapped juvenile offenders committed to state facilities throuqhout the U.S. and its territories. (Author/CL)

Summarizes a study of full-time library faculty of Canadian graduate library schools in terms of country of origin, citizenship, age, education and experience, publications and research, and draws comparisons with previous research. (CWM)

The major objective of this paper was to demonstrate that it is possible, using a probabilistic approach, to derive a method of evaluating the interaction of adverse effect, criterion differences, and bias and, using a linear model, determining their effect on job relatedness. (Author)

Reports recent employment statistics for chemical and related businesses, including the fact that the chemicals and allied products industries averaged 10,000 more employees in the first quarter of 1977 than in the final quarter of 1976 and 19,000 more than in the first quarter of 1976. (MLH)

Reports statistics on women and minorities in science, including the fact that 47 percent of women scientists and engineers were not in the labor force in 1974, and only 5 percent of all male and female scientists in 1974 were from minority groups. (MLH)

Examined difficulties Finnish university students experienced in learning quantitative methods. Education and sociology students rated different topics on the basis of their difficulty. Overall, students considered statistics and quantitative methods more difficult than other domains. They tended to polarize academic subjects into…

Examines how medical writers discuss matters they believe to be true, possible, and untrue, drawing on research papers from medical journals. To conclude, a discussion of teaching difficult concepts in medical reading and writing is presented. (80 references) (Author/CK)

This article summarizes mental retardation/developmental disabilities (MR/DD) spending since 1977, with emphasis on spending from 1995-2000. The change in state economic conditions, from strong growth in recent years to fiscal constraints in 2002, is addressed. Tables provide data trends in MR spending by type of placement and state and changes in…

This article presents the findings of the most comprehensive Canadian survey on disabilities, the 1986 postcensus Health and Activity Limitation Survey, which analyzed data on blindness and visual impairment. New information on prevalence rates, age at onset, cause of visual loss, and severity of visual impairment is presented. (Author/DB)

Provides a conceptual basis for understanding factor analysis as an analytical technique. Illustrates the basic concepts of factor analysis through Edward L. Rainbow's data from a study of variables influencing students' musical aptitude. Suggests that this technique is most appropriate in music applications where the interrelationships between…