A group of experts on population projections was convened in Thailand in late 1975. It was organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. This report is the result of background papers used at the conference, reactions to the papers, and further writing. Chapter headings are: (1) Introduction; (2) The Role…

Conveys some ideas of the impact that the census undercount may have on the allocation of funds to states and cities by focusing on revenue sharing. (Author/AM)

To examine the reasons for declining Scholastic Aptitude Test scores during the past two decades, this paper proposes an empirical achievement model incorporating students' demographic characteristics and an expanding test-taking population. While test scores and participation rates are positively correlated, participation changes over time mask…

Explores current trends in school enrollment, projected enrollment through 2000, and implications for educators. A new baby "boomette", beginning in 1973 and peaking in 1988, will increase school enrollments throughout the 1990s. After 1995, kindergarten enrollment will decline and secondary enrollment, now steadily declining, will…

Three studies of marketing education (ME) students and their acquisition of post-high-school education are compared using causal parameters. Two studies using sample selection criteria of school or student classification as an ME student found a negative relationship between ME and educational attainment. (Author/CT)

This paper attempts to show that Florida's high percentages of elderly and minority citizens, two groups that show considerably lower than average higher educational attainment, cause simplistic statistical analyses to rank Florida lower in educational attainment than she deserves. Controlling for these demographic factors shows that Florida is…

Using 20 work units with 79 respondents, this study explores the relationship among group demography, group social integration, and individual turnover. Results confirm the potential importance of group processes in affecting individual decisions to stay or leave an organization. Includes 56 references. (MLH)

Uses panel data on 1982 to 1996 state appropriations to examine the sensitivity of results from the legislative-demand model to changes in statistical methodology employed. Signs and significant levels of variables used in this model vary widely when least-squares and fixed-effects methods are used. Expected relationships between state…

There is a long line of studies on academic cheating. This literature has established a litany of different individual and contextual factors that seem to inspire student conformity of the official rules of test taking. This study draws on this literature by using fourteen independent variables to explain the cheating habits of students in a…

e-Learning, of late, has been witnessing an unprecedented expansion as an opportunity for higher education. This expanding alternative mode calls for ensuring and imparting a sound and qualitative education. The present study made an attempt to investigate the issues related to the quality dimensions of e-learning. Our results revealed the…

Measurement is prescriptive in that the model required to produce the numbers from the phenomena is known in advance. Statistical theory is descriptive because the model required to explain the numbers is inferred from the numbers and any other information the researcher can bring to bear. There are well-known families of measurement models and…

Described and announced are the 1971-1972 Bureau of the Census training programs for foreign statisticians. Programs lasting 11 months are offered in these areas: (1) population statistics and demographic analysis, (2) sampling and survey methods, (3) agricultural surveys and censuses, (4) economic surveys and censuses, and (5) data processing.…

Presented is an analysis of 1172 reported cases of child abuse in the eight southeastern States in Region IV (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi). Described in Chapter 1 is the methodology of the study including aims, sampling procedure, and data collection and processing. In Chapter 2,…

Late-life marriages are receiving more attention today. However, demographic statistics reveal no upsurge in gerontic marriage over the last decade. Some individuals such as the young-old, men, the divorced, and those residing in western and southern states have better chances for marriage than other older Americans. (Author)

Suicide statistics in the United States are analyzed according to various demographic characteristics; diagnosis and behavioral patterns of potential suicides are discussed; and various crisis intervention techniques are presented. (MJB)