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The article explores on the simple procedure for processing event recorder data. The strip chart device called event recorder reads the state of an electrical switch with reference to time used in various studies is said to require a long to process the gathered data. According to the author, the usual procedure uses scissors to cut the strip charts into segments representing the desired time base which is tedious. He suggests the use of a stapler and paper cutter as an alternative for collecting the gathered data.

The article examines the problem of the universal applicability of the scientific method, with a particular focus on the ambiguous nature of management science. The author suggests that, while economists and businessmen endeavor to adhere to the scientific method, it is almost impossible to do so while studying the decision making processes. The five fundamental components of the scientific method, as offered by Professor Philip Morse, are presented. The author questions whether or not it is possible to convert human qualities into numerical data. Various techniques used by mathematical economists are examined. Personality tests are also discussed.

The article discusses the usefulness of the U.S. Census Bureau's Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) as a source of marketing data in its application to the economic activities inherent in manufacturing. The article discusses the ways in which a classification system could be established, by product or by industry. The article notes the difficulties of classifying multiproduct manufacturers, where the data from one product may skew the data in another classification. Other difficulties in the marketing use of SIC data are highlighted. The author suggests that users of the data do so with an understanding of the possible inaccuracies and advocates for the continual development of measures of statistical quality.

The article focuses on methods of frequency function estimations using limited data. It states that the use of sparse data in frequency function estimations can be used in determining the expected value that added data would provide, and if its value exceeds the cost of gathering the data. It comments on the use of constrained maximization of entropy in frequency function estimation, which can result in the same frequencies in large parent populations of random variables as the most probable combination of observations which the constraints can satisfy.

The article presents a discussion of the numerical analysis of complex rain forest communities in New South Wales. The article implies that the numerical analysis was used to measure the quantitative data gathered from Canberra metric and three forms of partitioned diversity of species. Complete data were acquired in large sites and diverse forest types, homogeneous sites, and sites with soil discontinuity. The results of the study is discussed in the article using a general context of floristic primary survey of tropical and subtropical rain forest.

The article reports on a study on the percentage frequency and quadrat size in analytical studies of weed flora. This study was conducted while investigating the distribution of the individuals of the weed species in small plots of cultivable land which were left undeveloped for a short duration. Densities are compared by their standard errors when calculated and observed. A disagreement between the field and calculated data is revealed which however improves when the less common species are excluded and the relationship between the quadrat size and the average number of species found within the quadrat size is studied.

This article reports on the industrial management applications of linear programming. The author focuses on the use of linear programming methods as guides to the collection of data. He also discusses research that has been conducted to determine further management planning applications. Nonlinear programming problems associated with management problems are also discussed. Activity analysis models pioneered by T.C. Koopman are used as examples of delegation models. A series of tables depicting transportation models are included.

The article presents a study about the organization of biology in campuses in universities. Based on a research made by a committee from the University of Washington, the study aims to provide sufficient data and orientation for biologists who are engaged in the restructuring of biology in their campuses, or to those who are curious about the applicability of restructuring to their situations. It also cites the application of administrative fusion as a new solution for biology reconstitution. Data which may aid those biologists who are restructuring their biology departments are included.