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Download full textFike, Geraldine C. – Online Submission, 2012
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey (HCAHPS) is a standardized survey instrument used by many hospitals for the purpose of measuring patient's perspectives regarding care received during their hospitalization. The survey provides national benchmark information enabling consumers to make comparisons of…
Descriptors: Mail Surveys, Telephone Surveys, Comparative Analysis, Hospitals
Hartley, Robyn; Horne, Jackie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
Assessing the social and economic costs of poor adult literacy and numeracy skills, and the benefits of investing in such skills, is largely unchartered territory in Australia. This feasibility study explores the frameworks and methodologies available for determining and measuring such benefits and costs across a number of life domains, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Numeracy, Feasibility Studies
Sasaki, Laura J.; Creadick, Jean Polhamus – 1992
A study designed to consider the feasibility of creating a State Office of Literacy in Hawaii found no consensus among those interviewed as to whether such an office should be established or what its duties should be. Consequently, the creation of a permanent Governor's Commission on Literacy was recommended instead. Housed within the Office of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Clearinghouses, Educational Administration
French, Edward – 1986
A study examined the feasibility of using television to promote adult literacy and adult basic education (ABE) in South Africa. Following a review of the literature on the experience abroad in using television to promote adult literacy, a preliminary report arguing the case for using television to promote adult literacy and ABE in South Africa was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Needs, Feasibility Studies
Rosenkranz, Catherine
The study was designed to determine whether cloze procedure could be used in adult literacy programs for students reading at or above the fourth grade level by investigating the procedure's: acceptability for the students, utility in matching students to reading material, and substitutability for standardized tests. Eighty-five Rhode Island…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
INTELECON Research & Consultancy Ltd., Vancouver (British Columbia). – 1991
The geo-demographic, economic, and infrastructural makeup of 12 African countries (Botswana. Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) were compared to determine the potential benefits to them of a Commonwealth of Learning (COL) distance education initiative. Data were collected on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
