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Federal Research Impact Assessment Methods.
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Kostoff, Ronald N. – Research Management Review, 1992
The practice and methods of federal research impact assessment are described. Three areas of evaluation (selection of research project, research review, and postresearch assessment) are examined, and different evaluation methods (qualitative, retrospective, and quantitative) are compared. Peer evaluation, the most common assessment method, is seen…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation
Concluding Thoughts: Observing, Promoting, Evaluating, and Reviewing Research Performance.
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Creswell, John W. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1986
When institutional personnel assess faculty research performance, they should consider the extent to which the institution rewards research, ways to encourage faculty to be productive, criteria for evaluating research performance, and the specific steps useful in reviewing research performance within academic units. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Performance Appraisal for Matrix Management.
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Edwards, M. R.; Sproull, J. Ruth – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1985
A matrix management system designed for use by a highly technical nuclear weapons research and development facility to improve productivity and flexibility by the use of multiple authority, responsibility, and accountability relationships is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Research Activity in Major Research Universities: An Alternative Ranking System.
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Groth, Randall H.; And Others – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
Application of a multidimensional measure of university research activity, the Research Activity Index (RAI), is described and compared to the more common use of research and development expenditures as a criterion of activity. The RAI incorporates seven expenditure variables, three graduate-student-related variables, and a research library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Expenditures
Evaluating Research Productivity.
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Zamarripa, Edward – SRA Journal, 1995
A survey of 49 university and other research administrators investigated attitudes concerning research productivity and measures to assess it. Results are compared with those of an earlier survey of research scientists, including a rank-order comparison of the relative importance of a number of productivity measures. Implications for demonstrating…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Building an Institutional Costing Model.
Simpson, William A. – 1984
A procedure for developing a costing model is described. Limitations of a cost analysis are also reviewed, with attention to the problems of handling joint products, obtaining accurate faculty effort data, measuring educational outputs, and calculating marginal costs. A researcher charged with developing a costing model is faced with the task of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Instruction, Cost Estimates, Decision Making
Using Educational Research: A School Administrator's Guide.
Haller, Emil J.; Kleine, Paul F. – 2001
The purpose of this book is to help school administrators who use educational research by describing and explaining the components of research and skills of researchers. Chapter 1 defines educational research. Chapter 2 describes streams of research on particular administrative problems. Chapter 3 illustrates the conduct of a research review and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Educational Administration