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This article discusses the hardware and software components of three workstations suitablefor evaluation researchers, one for those on a limited budget, one for professional researchers, and one for a research team or department. The systems range in cost from just under $3,000 to over $30, 000, and include the features most frequently used by professionals. These example systems and the discussion of the components should serve to illustrate the wide variety of possibilities open to researchers interested in acquiring microcomputer workstations.

ABSTRACTThe introductory management science (MS) course has historically been recognized as one of the most difficult core courses in the business school curriculum. This study uses multiple regression to examine the factors that contribute to the success of undergraduate business students in an MS course, based on data gathered from the college transcripts and academic files of 310 students. The results suggest that the strongest predictive variable is a student's college grade point average, indicating that overall academic performance to date has more influence than mathematical skills on the outcomes in MS classes. These findings have implications for faculty who desire to improve the effectiveness of instruction for their MS students.

A total of 168 naturally occurring dyadic conversations in and around a large Midwest metropolitan city were interrupted and the interactants were surveyed on their impressions of their partners' communicative skills. Given several extant, competing models for the factorial structure
of interpersonal behavior evaluation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were applied to ascertain the best fit of current theoretical models and the optimal model for social conversations among acquaintances. Results recommend either a four- or five-factor model, depending upon
one's preference for factor definition.