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Koon, Jeff – 1986
This study examines the general hypothesis that surveys can be used to elicit reliable and valid student ratings of the effectiveness of most aspects of the delivery of the academic programs in which they are enrolled, and reports data on test-retest reliability for upper division majors as well as on the reliability with which ratings…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability
Yackel, Ivan – 1984
The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of the relationship between leadership style and administrative stress in the rural principalship. Administrative stress was examined in terms of boundary-spanning, role-based, conflict-mediating, and task-based stressors, using measures of both frequency and intensity. The potential role of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education
Sewel, J. – 1974
The charge has often been made that in peripheral regions of Scotland the secondary educational system has contributed to rural depopulation, since students often must leave the rural community for a distant, centralized secondary school located in an urban area where values and aspirations differ from those of rural communities. In a study of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Curriculum, Educational Policy, Expectation
Pucel, David J.; And Others – 1970
Two studies were conducted to determine the ability of the Project MINI-SCORE test battery to differentiate among graduates from different vocational curriculums and among graduates and dropouts from selected vocational curriculums. The population used in the first study consisted of 1,696 graduates from seven predominantly male and five…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Correlation
Starkey, John D.; Swinford, Helen Lee – 1974
Two hundred twenty-six 5th and 6th graders were the subjects of this study to correlate amount of television viewing and reading scores. It was found that the average viewing time per week for girls was 28 hours and for boys 30 hours. A slight relationship was reported between reading ability and amount of leisure time spent watching television.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
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George, James M.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1987
Associations between characteristics of dental students and their stress levels are examined, along with the correlation of stress with drug use and health problems. Greater stress was associated with a higher level of Type A behavior and lower level of career commitment. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Correlation, Dental Students, Drug Use, Health
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Windahl, Sven; And Others – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1986
Describes a study of media deprivation which analyzed data on 215 adolescents collected during a Swedish television strike in 1980. Notions of dependency/affinity with the medium, functional alternatives to media consumption, and motives for using television were investigated. (MBR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Correlation, Foreign Countries
Miller, Pamela – 2000
This study examined the relationship between the learning style profile of students enrolled in the service module courses offered by the Computer Science department at Calvin College (Michigan) and their general attitudes toward computers. Data were gathered using the VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic) learning style inventory and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Attitudes, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education
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Firth, Michael – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
College seniors graded lecturers on teaching and course effectiveness. After the students had graduated and been working for a year, they rated teaching effectiveness for former lecturers and nominated the best and worst teachers. Increasing maturity and job experience did not significantly alter student evaluations of relative teaching…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Graduate Surveys
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Affleck, Mary Ann – Library & Information Science Research, 1996
Discusses burnout among bibliographic instruction librarians and describes the use of the Maslach Burnout Inventory and a Role Questionnaire with bibliographic instruction librarians in colleges in New England using a mailed survey. Relationships between levels of burnout and role stress, formal educational preparation, and faculty rank and status…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Burnout, Correlation
Knupfer, Nancy Nelson – Journal of Instructional Development, 1988
Reports selected results of a study in which sixth-grade teachers' perceptions, opinions, and attitudes about instructional computing were examined. Implications about equitable access to computers in public schools are described, teachers' training for instructional computing is discussed, and implications for instructional designers are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Elementary Education
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Malaney, Gary D.; Thurman, Quint – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1989
Describes telephone survey of undergraduate students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst that was conducted to determine student opinions of policies that require them to take computer courses and/or to own a personal computer. Student attitudes toward computing and the variables that contribute to these attitudes are examined. (15…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Correlation, Educational Policy
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Elieson, Victoria; Dowd, Frances Smardo – Public Libraries, 1992
This study examined patron survey results and nonlibrary consumer activity in a small community to define convenient public library hours. No correlation between library and commercial enterprise activity was found, although some recommendations on library service were suggested by the data. The questionnaire is appended. (23 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Business, Correlation, Library Administration, Library Services
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Ensor, Pat – RQ, 1992
A study of users' keyword searching success and knowledge using the NOTIS online catalog at Indiana State University revealed a low rate of knowledge about keyword searching. Frequency of catalog use, previous online database searching or computer coursework, and library instruction were found to correlate well with search success and keyword…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Correlation, Higher Education, Library Instruction
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Janes, Joseph – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Reports the results of a survey of reference librarians in public and academic libraries that investigated experiences with and attitudes toward the use of digital and networked technologies and resources in reference work. Highlights include a correlation between experiences and positive attitudes; characteristics of librarians; and current and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
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