Two hypotheses were tested to see if feminists would evaluate male-characteristic and female-characteristic traits differently than would nonfeminists and if they would rate fewer traits as descriptive of only one sex. Undergraduates rated a set of adjectives for appropriateness to men and women, appropriateness to blacks and whites, or for social…

The extent to which private self-consciousness (as defined by Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss, 1975) is related to the length and accuracy of self-reports concerning physical characteristics was investigated. In the first phase of the experiment subjects (N=87) listed their physical characteristics that they liked, disliked, or toward which they…

When do we accept another's opinion regarding the characteristics or beliefs of a target person, and when do we reject that opinion? Different sorts of information may need to be assimilated by the perceiver. When does one type of information take priority over the other? A central focus of attribution research has been on the informational value…

This study investigated the effects of looking back at relevant sections of previously read text, a strategy that is frequently proposed as useful when comprehension fails while studying a text. The subjects, more than 100 freshmen, read 24 pages of text and answered inserted comprehension questions. Approximately half of the subjects were…

A project was conducted to develop a set of standards for teacher education programs in agriculture and to utilize these standards in a locally directed effort at four universities in Illinois (University of Illinois, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University) which offer teacher education programs in…

Reported are the results of a review of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) system of peer review. Recommendations presented include: (1) that a formalized NIH Grants Peer Review Appeals System be established; (2) that NIH periodically announce all upcoming vacancies on review groups; and (3) that review of grant applications should continue…

This guide for developing standard operating job procedures for wastewater treatment facilities is devoted to the activated sludge aeration and sedimentation process. This process is for conversion of nonsettleable and nonfloatable materials in wastewater to settleable, floculated biological groups and separation of the settleable solids from the…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the positions of editors of journals who were sent a questionnaire designed to investigate (1) policies concerning acceptance rates, major reasons for rejection, lag times to publication and (2) the implications of trends for efforts to disseminate scholarly work. Questionnaires were sent to 106…

A Bibliography of all unclassified technical reports prepared by USAF Environmental Health Laboratory, McClellan is presented. It contains a listing by subject matter and a listing of all reports by year with report number and abstract. The reports cover most areas of environmental topics such as air, water, noise, and radiation pollution. (NTIS)

The annotated bibliography presents technical reports and other publications on research conducted by the Advanced Systems Division. The materials cover the period March 1973-December 1974. Also included are reports published prior to March 1973 which were approved for public release during this period. The bibliography supplements the Annotated…

Children's preference for odors, some of which presumably had marked trigeminal (noxious) effects, was assessed with the use of the method of pair comparison. Although the children, from 4 to 7 years old, were able to discriminate between the intensities of the odors, they were neither attracted nor repelled by them as much as the adults. In other…

One in a series of reports by technical consulting groups, the document presents data and recommendations relevant to the task of developing plans for the future of Montana post-secondary education. An introductory outline of problems attending the projection of future needs in health care education in Montana is followed by a detailed review of…

This booklet is intended to serve as a step-by-step layman's guide to conducting a community survey, tabulating the findings of the survey, and presenting a final report of the survey findings. It is written in simple nontechnical language and contains numerous examples of various survey forms and procedures. Among the major topics discussed are:…

Due to the energy disturbance during the fall and winter of 1973-74, Lake City Community College experimented with a 4-days-per-week schedule of classes. a student evaluation of the 4-day week was completed by 58 percent of the full-time students. Fifty-one percent of the total student sample preferred the 4-day week, and 30 percent preferred the…

This document relates specifically to the problem of requesting, justifying, and receiving state general funds and construction bond dollars as required by the 13 community colleges in Oregon. The problem is to determine a method of distribution of state general fund dollars and construction bond dollars that will meet the currently projected…