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Joplin, Alan L. – 1980
The information needed for informed decision making and planning by institutions of higher education can be made available through the establishment of carefully constructed databases. This handbook outlines the characteristics of databases, the needs databases meet, the key factors around which they must be organized, the advantages they offer,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Decision Making
PDF pending restorationBeatty, Paulette T.; And Others – 1981
One of a series of instructional booklets designed to introduce adult education program planners to the basic concepts integral to and alternative strategies for conducting needs assessments, this instructional booklet deals with determining how to summarize information. Described first is the relationship of the process of determining how to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions
Ranck, Edna Runnels – Child Care Information Exchange, 1986
Provides tips for collecting and storing information about child care and children. (HOD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Day Care
Peer reviewedDoucette-Gates, Ann – Education and Treatment of Children, 2000
This article describes activities to improve the access to cross-agency information systems, including identifying outcome goals and objectives, the populations of concern, needed sources of information, data collection methods, and data utilization. Benefits of establishing cross-agency agreements, common cross-agency definitions, and procedures…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Download full textBienia, Nancy – 1986
Designed specifically for state and local managers and supervisors who plan, direct, and operate child support enforcement programs, this workbook provides a four-part, step-by-step process for identifying needed information and methods of using the information to operate an effective program. The process consists of: (1) determining what…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
Information is repackaged to assist population education information centers in their goal of facilitating the appropriate dissemination and use of information. Repackaging of information refers to the presentation of information in more understandable, readable, acceptable, and usable forms. This manual includes (1) guidelines for choosing…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. International Office. – 1979
Guidelines are presented for applying cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis techniques to nonformal education (NFE) programs in developing nations. The methods are based on workshops conducted in Kenya, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Guatemala. The manual is designed for those personnel responsible for planning, administering, and evaluating NFE…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Data Analysis
