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Florini, Barbara M.; Vertrees, Daniel – Lifelong Learning, 1988
This brief note is a description and invitation to educators, practitioners, and researchers to participate in AEDNET, a special network of electronic mail created for people in adult education. The description of AEDNET provides a history of the network and lists current and future benefits of AEDNET. Information is then presented on joining…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Researchers
Humphreys, Patrick; Wisudha, Ayleen – 1981
As a demonstration of the application of heuristic devices to decision-theoretical techniques, an interactive computer program known as MAUD (Multiattribute Utility Decomposition) has been designed to support decision or choice problems that can be decomposed into component factors, or to act as a tool for investigating the microstructure of a…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Decision Making, Guidelines
Baker, Eva; And Others – 1990
This sourcebook is intended to provide researchers and users of natural language computer systems with a classification scheme to describe language-related problems associated with such systems. Methods from the disciplines of artificial intelligence (AI), education, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and psychometrics were applied in an…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Oriented Programs

Baggaley, Jon – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1987
Discusses reliability and validity of continual response measurement (CRM), a computer-based measurement technique, and its use in social science research. Highlights include the importance of criterion-referencing the data, guidelines for designing studies using CRM, examples typifying their deductive and inductive functions, and a discussion of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Deduction, Formative Evaluation, Graphs

Wilcox, Jerry – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
Design concepts and techniques for building integrated executive information systems and decision-support systems for mission-critical college applications are presented from the developer's perspective. Financial planning, student retention, and enrollment demand are offered as examples of administrative applications. Sample screens are included…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs
Doody, Robert J.; And Others – 1982
Designed to improve the long-term operational efficiency of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Schools (MCPS) payroll system, this study begins with an executive summary, including a set of recommendations and a chapter-by-chapter synopsis. Following an introduction to the study and a general description of the payroll system in chapters 1…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities

Dunn, John A., Jr.; Mayer, Nina – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
Although different in nature from academic activities, college fund raising also requires planning and management. To develop more responsive executive information systems, development officers must take the lead, ask the right questions, and work closely with campus institutional researchers, registrars, enrollment managers, and computer…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Admissions Officers, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs

Lolli, Anthony – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1991
An environment that values evaluation as a means of effectively using resources is a prerequisite for development of administrative computing systems. Collaborative development of student information systems by a variety of campus offices increases the likelihood that useful information will be available to administrators for evaluating…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperation
Grembowski, David – 1986
This guide is intended to assist states and service delivery areas (SDAs) in addressing the new oversight responsibilities and opportunities stipulated by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with respect to management information system (MIS) issues in evaluating JTPA programs. The first chapter discusses the general requirements of a JTPA MIS…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Data Analysis, Data Processing

Kaynor, Robert – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
In higher education, facilities data are essential for long-term capital and financial planning and for testing assumptions underlying anticipated policy change. Executive information systems should incorporate life-cycle considerations (planning, construction, renovation, and management) and resource linkages (describing interrelationships of…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Administration, College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs