[COURSE CRITIQUE]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03576A000100010037-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: May 29, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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COURSE CRITIQUE
Please rate 1-10 (poor to excellent respectively) by placing a check
on the scale given. Comment below question where indicated, Use
back of pages if needed.
FORM RATING
1. Format of the course was intended to accommodate
to a rough 5% time commitment and to, provide for a
full-day class treatment of a particular topical area.
Please rate
1 day/month 1 5 10
4 hours/every 2 weeks 1 5 10
2. The point of the- applications session was to
illustrate where current course material was utilized
in the real world. Please rate effectiveness
Material relevance 1
Applications speakers
present actions 1
3. The purpose of the homework was to exercise
topical ma?~rial with about 4 hours of work, Please
rate these:
3 one-hour problems 1
20 ten-minute problems 1
4, A possible alternative is available in giving a
"keep-alive" exercise in the topical area. Please
rate these alternatives for continuity (this would be a
short session of 1 hoar scheduled between the bi-
weekly classes):
Problem-solving session 1
Second applications
session 1
5
10
5
10
5
10
5
10
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5. The class was intended to be weighted towards a
blackboard-pictorial development in order to convey
modelling concepts more readily. Please rate effective-
xiess of alternatives
.Diagrammatic presen-
tation
1
5
10
:Mix of vuegraphs &
chalkboard
1
5
10
6. The symbology of various systems disciplines is
confusing due to the separate source developments. An
effort at consistency was made in order to permit cross
interpretation within the technical literature. Please
rate effectiveness
Common symbology
1
5
10
Example illustrations
1
5
10
7. The intent of notes and handout material furnished
throughout the month ~~as to tie course topics to
technical literature. Please rate;
Effectiveness of hand-
out reprints
1
5
10
Effectiveness of
specially developed
:handouts
1
5
10
8. General impedimenta such as same room same
day/month, same format, etc. , :for providing con-
tinuity. Please rate :
F~,oom
1
5
10
Day
1
5
10
Daily sequence
1
5
10
Would you prefer a roundtable seminar format?
1
5
10
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9. The course was designed to present a semi-
unitary approach to several disciplines. Please rate
applicable areas 1-10:
Communications Optics Acoustics
Hum, Eng. & Biomed. Seismics Pictorial
Computer Technology
SUBSTANCE
10. The course material is split 50% basic math tools
and 50?~o in commonality subsystems. (Those subsystems
which are pervasive in designs across disciplines.) The
sequence was that recommended by ASEE for match
modelling related to several fields. Please rate:
Balance of material
1
5
10
'T'otal content
1
5
10
The sequence is given below for each session. Please give your
rating for both material content and for the applications given both
formally and in the course of concept development.
11. Session I; Vectorial Representation; matrices, num.
analysis, linear systems, sampling, manipulation:
Material
1 5
10
Application
1 5
10
12. Session II; Transforms; convolution, Fourier and
Laplace transformations, Z transforms, impulse response,
numerical analysis:
Material 1
5
10
Application 1
5
10
13. Session III: Probability and Statistics; random var. ,
expectancy,
density functions, distributions, confidence limits
Material 1
5
10
Application 1
5
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14, Session IV; Stochastic Variable; stationarity, ergodicity,
moments, correlation, power spectral density, white noise,
~:quare law detection:
Application 1 5 10
15, Session V; Signal Detection; value, cost liklihood
ratio detection, Bayes Law:
Application - 1 5 10
16. Session VI; Detector Subsystems I; receiver
operating characteristics, detection situations, S/N
ratio, data smoothing and prediction:
Material 1 5 10
Application 1 5 10
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