We determine and examine the star-formation rates of 50 well known , local Blue Compact Dwarf ( BCD ) galaxies based on their 1.4 GHz and 60 \mu m luminosities .
We find that in cases for which both radio and far-infrared luminosities are available , the resulting star-formation rates agree extremely well with one another .
We determine that the star-formation rates of the BCD galaxies in our sample span nearly five orders of magnitude , from approximately a few times 10 ^ { -3 } to several times 10 ^ { 1 } M _ { \odot } yr ^ { -1 } , with a median SFR of about 0.3 M _ { \odot } yr ^ { -1 } .
We discuss trends of metallicity ( primarily oxygen abundance ) with star-formation rate , and explore the connections between SFR and galaxy mass estimates .