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Center for Educational Management Studies, Honolulu, HI. – 1978
Papers from a forum sponsored by the Association for Institutional Research address the role problems of institutional researchers and the special position of institutional research in institutions of higher education and the issues that lead to conflict between institutional research, data gathering activities, and the faculty. In "Dilemmas in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Data Collection, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Download full textCooper, John E. – 1976
Four problems are identified concerning politics and power as they relate to public schooling. The first problem is the definition of basic terms and the development of a vocabulary common to researchers investigating the field. Second is the problem of collecting information on and evidence of the political process. This problem is complicated by…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Interaction Process Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Political Power
Heath-Camp, Betty; And Others – 1985
This document consists of four symposium papers each providing a critical examination of a particular data collection technique in vocational education research. Texts of the following presentations are provided: "Mail Survey Research," by Betty Heath-Camp; "The Telephone Interview as a Data Collection Technique," by James P. Key; "The Personal…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research
McLaughlin, Donald H., Ed. – 1979
This report is a record of a one-day seminar sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The theme of the conference was the timely issue of the role of nonpublic schools in educating American children. The participants were: (1) representatives of private schools, (2) federal policymakers; and (3) researchers. Jay Noell…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Howard, Walter R. – 1975
This planning conference was one in a series of such conferences aimed at providing continuous guidance for the development of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) a study designed to discover what happens to young adults after they leave high school, and to relate this information to earlier educational…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Followup Studies
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. – 1986
Statistical issues associated with the supply and demand of science and mathematics teachers are reviewed in this conference report of the Committee on National Statistics. The conference was held to generate a plan for a study that would make recommendations to improve the information, sources, statistics, and models used in estimating and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1976
The l975 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Invitational Conference provided an overview of the social indicators movement, and the relationship between schooling and quality of life. The concept of educational indicators was discussed. Educational indicators are defined as statistics used to provide information regarding the status of particular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
