In a replication study the Learning Style Inventory was given to over 200 practicing physicians and medical students. Contrary to previous findings, the results suggest that there is no association between learning style and career choice in medicine. (Author/LBH)

Research on 115 colleges and universities tests hypotheses about the relationships between organizational characteristics--including size, horizontal and vertical differentiation, complexity, and the qualifications of the faculty--and decentralization of authority in four areas: new departments, dean appointments, salary raises, and leaves of…

A statistical report on all public library building projects completed in the United States during the year ending June 30, 1977. (Author)

This paper analyzes data from the Supplement on Aging (1984 Health Interview Survey) and cites improvements in survey design which account for dramatic increases in the number of elderly with severe visual impairments. Statistical tables on percentage distribution of visual problems by age and prevalence of severe impairments are included. (JDD)

Examines and contests the claim that all language tests are in reality testing the same underlying ability which is very similar to the Spearman g-factor for intelligence. Conclusions indicate that the argument for the existence of a g-factor in language tests is not tenable on statistical grounds. (SL)

Exploratory data analysis (EDA) gives students a feel for the data being considered. Four applications of EDA are discussed: the use of displays, resistant statistics, transformations, and smoothing. (RM)

A survey of Wisconsin school districts showed that teacher resignation rates were quite low. Smaller districts faced the highest number of resignations. Resigning teachers tended to be rated by their supervisors as above average. The study results suggest that fears of "teacher flight" may be exaggerated. (PGD)

A table shows enrollment figures for the nation's 50 largest school districts. Percent of enrollment growth or decline is shown for 1982 compared, respectively, to 1981, 1980, and 1971. (TE)

A survey was conducted to assess school superintendents' attitudes toward the concept of merit pay. Nearly 80 percent of respondents supported the idea, but the survey also revealed barriers to successful implementation and reasons that certain merit pay plans failed. Analysis of responses by community (urban, suburban, and rural) follows. (TE)

Discusses two National Science Foundation reports that provide statistics supporting a number of trends evident in the 1970's in science and engineering education. (MLH)

Makes several methodological points to bear on a previously written article on residential segregation. Notes that although the conclusions given in the original article may be statements of fact, they do not follow as inevitably from the data as the article suggests. (Author/AM)

Concludes that the issues raised by a critic of the original article bearing this title arise largely, from his failure to consider in detail the assertions made in the articles about the context within which causal inferences can be made using correlation and regression coefficients. (Author/AM)

The higher education community can now produce statistical data with which to support its demands to Washington. The data are compiled by the Policy Analysis Service (PAS) of the American Council on Education. Implications of this data availability are examined. (LBH)

Almost 1,000 supervisors of buildings and grounds respond to a survey about their position, educational background, years of employment, salary, and purchasing power. (MLF)

One of the challenges limiting the capability for analysis of educational issues is that data on school enrollments, staffing, and financing are collected through separate but annually conducted universe surveys. Because the data are collected and provided by separate agencies, the available data from the nation's school districts are often…