Originally the San Francisco researchers had hoped to do acomparativestudyof different agencies' programmes, but for this project only Compassion chose to take part.
For example, acomparativestudyof results before and after the defeat by Brazil could provide experts with incontrovertible proof of whether there is a "feel-good" factor involved in exam performance.
They could not handle the amount of data that he wanted to analyze for his dissertation, which was part ofacomparativestudy based on surveys in seven nations.
The Rand Corporation has just completed astudyof prospects for comparative economic growth which clearly shows that Soviet bloc countries are further declining in importance in the international economy.
Furthermore, the study will explore the contents of textbooks in several regions of the world in order to analyse in acomparative perspective the different representations of the Holocaust and how it is actually taught to pupils and students.