This study was undertaken because of a sharp dip in the increase rate in post-secondary enrollments in Manitoba for Fall, 1970. Research was carried out to examine the process by which Manitoba's twelfth grade students make decisions concerning post-secondary enrollment. The research provides information on students' career plans, post-secondary…

Research into the area of assessment of post-secondary demand by Manitoba high school students began in 1971, when a sudden drop in the increase rate of post-secondary enrollment was observed. This report is one of a series that has been published based on the high school demand studies. Earlier reports were largely statistical in nature, and…

Utilized a sample randomly drawn from an approximated population of 1,819 eighth grade classes. Analyzed were class levels of consistency within response sets, paired comparisons, and triad comparisons. (GS)

To find out what happens to a major segment of the working population over several years, the Manpower Administration is sponsoring a 10-year study on the work lives of middle-aged men. The article discusses data from a monograph reporting the completion of the first half of the study. (Author/AJ)

This research memo presents the 1979-80 update of the Composite Indicator of Changes (CIC), a statistical measure for gauging and comparing changes in average salaries and wages paid to public school employees. The CIC offers a measure for analyzing salary trends in an individual school system and within groups of school systems, and with other…

A study was done on teachers, professors of education, and preservice teachers in order to investigate the process of measuring attitudes and to denote the level of attitudes held by these educators about the free enterprise system. The study used a semantic differential to determine the attitudes of 28 subjects toward selected economic concepts…

Successful curriculum implementation depends partially on agreement between developers and teachers regarding the relative importance of the objectives of the program. This paper analyzes the ratings of the relative importance of various stated objectives of an elementary science unit by developers, teachers, and outside evaluators. The rating…

A solution is proposed for analysis of variance procedures with missing cells, such as may occur when a control group is not assigned to any of the rows or columns of the various experimental groups. Mathematical models for two-way design are presented which define several variables; as well as row effect, column effect, and row and column…

The purposes of this study were to compare the responsiveness of educational expenditures per pupil in Ontario, first, to changes in instructional expenditures per pupil during 1971-77, and, second, to changes in proxy measures of educational quality and price levels of teacher services for 1974-77. Variables used to represent quality and price…

RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED ON THE PROBLEM OF CONSTRUCTING SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES TO DESCRIBE AND DEMONSTRATE AN APPROACH TO CLASSIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH DISTRICT. PART 1 OF THE REPORT DISCUSSED THE SCIENTIFIC ISSUES AND CONCEPTS CONCERNING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS A…

THE STUDIES EMBODIED IN THIS REPORT PROPOSE SOME STATISTICAL METHODS OF ORDERING AND ATTAINING RELEVANCY TO HELP THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER CHOOSE AMONG SUCH VARIABLES AS TESTS AND BEHAVIOR RATINGS. CONSTRUCTION OF A MODEL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CONTINGENCY TABLES, DETERMINATION OF THE MOST APPROPRIATE ORDERING PRINCIPLE IN STEP-DOWN ANALYSIS FOR THE…

A WORKING MODEL CAPABLE OF RANKING INDIVIDUALS IN A RANDOM SAMPLE FROM A MULTIVARIATE POPULATION BY SOME CRITERION OF INTEREST WAS DEVELOPED. THE MULTIPLE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT OF RANKS WITH MEASURED VARIATES AS A STATISTIC IN TESTING WHETHER RANKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MEASUREMENTS WAS EMPLOYED AND DUBBED "QUASI-RANK MULTIPLE CORRELATION…

A quantitative synthesis (meta-analysis) was conducted on 49 studies of attitude toward the school subject of science. A conceptual framework for the study of attitudes toward science was introduced. The benefit of such a framework is that it accommodates the results of prior research as well as programmatic future efforts. The results of the…

The testing of a priori contrasts, post hoc contrasts, and experimental error rates are discussed. Methods for controlling the experimental error rate for a set of a priori contrasts tested simultaneously have been developed by Dunnett, Dunn, Sidak, and Krishnaiah. Each of these methods is discussed and contrasted as to applicability, power, and…