A Study to Determine the Need for Multiple-Teacher Departments of Vocational Agriculture in Nebraska

The problem of this study was to determine the need for more multiple-teacher departments of vocational agriculture in Nebraska.This problem was divided into two objectives: To determine the characteristics of single-teacher departments which differ from those of multiple-teacher departments. To study the departments of vocational agriculture in Nebraska and determine those which belong more closely to the population of multiple-teacher departments than to the population of single-teacher departments. To reach those objectives, a random sample of single-teacher departments and random sample of multiple teacher departments was drawn from six states.Data gathered were analyzed statistically to estimate population parameters for the population of single-teacher departments and the population of multiple-teacher departments. In order to fulfill the second objective and make the previously reported findings meaningful for Nebraska, it was necessary to compare the Nebraska situation to that of the six states reported in the study. From the data reported and analyzed, the conclusions may be drawn that there are differences between multiple-teacher departments of vocational agriculture and single-teacher departments of vocational agriculture, and that there are departments in Nebraska which in some ways fit into the population of multiple-teacher departments better than they do in the population of single-teacher departments. Advisor:Roy D. Dillo