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October 13, 2009
From IES Newsflash: NCES Releases Report on the Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
The average student/teacher ratio in U.S. public schools was 15.8 in 2007-08 -- a ratio that ranged from 9.0 in Maine to 23.5 in Utah. This National Center for Education Statistics First Look report presents findings on the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States and the territories in the 2007-08 school year, using data from the Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system. Other findings include:
* About 48.9 million students attended 98,916 operating public elementary/secondary schools in the 2007–08 school year.
* Almost 1.3 million students, approximately 3% of public school students, were enrolled in 4,388 charter schools in 2007-08.
* The largest percentage of students attended suburban schools (35 percent), followed by schools in cities (29 percent), rural areas (23 percent), and towns (13 percent).
To view the full report please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010305
Posted by ronbo at 02:58 PM
October 10, 2009
From SPSS Technical Support: SPSS Proactive Notification - SPSS Statistics 17.0.3 Patch Availability Notice
The latest SPSS Statistics patch is now available for download from the SPSS Support Website. This patch will upgrade your existing SPSS Statistics 17.0.2 for Windows to version 17.0.3. This patch incorporates any previously released hot fixes since PASW Statistics 17.0. This is an incremental patch only. You MUST have PASW Statistics 17.0.2 installed prior to applying this patch.
Note: This patch does not apply to the student version.
For detailed information on the description of this patch, installation instructions, and downloading information, please browse to: http://support.spss.com and log in to the web site. After entering your login information, select the "Statistics" menu link then click on "Patches".
You will need your Support Web site User Id and Password to access this information. If you have forgotten your user id or password you can use the Find Password feature on our Web site. This can be found at: http://support.spss.com/password.html
We are continually striving to improve our communication to our clients. However, if you do not wish to receive further proactive e-mails from SPSS Support, please reply to this message with REMOVE on the subject line.
Thank you,
SPSS Technical Support
Posted by ronbo at 11:13 PM
October 06, 2009
SAS Institute TS: New Hot Fixes for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3)
New Hot Fixes are available on the Technical Support Hot Fix Web site for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3).
The latest SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) Hot Fixes are for:
SAS/ACCESS INTERFACE TO R/3
E9R305 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium)
SAS/GRAPH
E9GR17 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), OpenVMS Alpha, HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium,
Linux for Itanium)
SAS/IML
E9ML03 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), OpenVMS Alpha, HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium,
Linux for Itanium, Solaris for x64)
For more information, please review the SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) Hot Fix "What's New" page:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_SBCS_whats_new.html
If you are running SAS 9.1.3 with Asian Language Support (DBCS), please review the DBCS "What's New" page:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_DBCS_whats_new.html
A comprehensive list of all Hot Fixes is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/hotfix.html
Posted by ronbo at 09:01 PM
SAS Institute TS: Hot Fixes for Additional SAS Products and Solutions
New Hot Fixes are available on the Technical Support Hot Fix Web site for:
SAS BI Dashboard 9.1.3
Hot Fix: 31BIDASHMID03
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/bid31.html
SAS Merchandise Intelligence 3.2
Hot Fix: 32ROM501
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/ro32.html
A comprehensive list of all Hot Fixes is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/hotfix.html
Posted by ronbo at 08:59 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-10-04
Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:
New Additions
22405 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age, Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22405
25106 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age, Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25106
26146 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, March 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26146
26162 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, May 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26162
Updates
3729 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2001
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03729
3997 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2000
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03997
4068 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2002
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04068
4461 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04461
4716 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04716
7041 Brazilian University Students' Images of the United States, 1963
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07041
9152 CBS News Pre-Election Tracking Poll, October 30-November 1, 1988
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09152
Posted by ronbo at 08:58 PM
October 02, 2009
From Census Product Update (October 2, 2009): Hot Tip - October 2008 Current Population Survey (CPS) School Enrollment Public Use File
The October 2008 CPS October School Enrollment Supplement Public Use File is now available to the public. This file contains 150,957 records that are 1,040 bytes in length. Data should be available on our web site any day now. For questions or additional information, contact our Current Population Survey staff at 301-763-3806.
Posted by ronbo at 12:01 PM