NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nesrine Mansouri; Mourad Abed; Makram Soui – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Selecting undergraduate majors or specializations is a crucial decision for students since it considerably impacts their educational and career paths. Moreover, their decisions should match their academic background, interests, and goals to pursue their passions and discover various career paths with motivation. However, such a decision remains…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Decision Making, Majors (Students), Specialization
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Greenhoot, Andrea Follmer; Dowsett, Chantelle J. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012
Existing data sets can be an efficient, powerful, and readily available resource for addressing questions about developmental science. Many of the available databases contain hundreds of variables of interest to developmental psychologists, track participants longitudinally, and have representative samples. In this article, the authors discuss the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology, Research Methodology, Best Practices
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Summers, Edward G. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Reviews citation analysis literature and explores use of citation analysis to identify core journals and indicate disciplinary structure and interrelationships of journals reporting on reading research. Use of 1980 "Journal Citation Reports" data to generate criterion for selecting high impact journals and list of 33 core journals is…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Data Processing, Evaluation Criteria, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Woods, Lawrence A. – Journal of Library Automation, 1981
Provides a prescriptive checklist describing necessary or desirable features for a typical application for use in choosing among 150 available data cassette recorders as an effective low-cost method for collecting data in machine-readable form from display terminals. Included are environmental considerations and purchasing information. (RAA)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Data Processing, Evaluation Criteria, Input Output Devices
Williams, Warren S.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1981
Describes relatively new computer software that can be used to maintain, analyze, and report large sets of educational data. The application of two of these packages to problems faced when manipulating educational data is demonstrated, and administrators are provided with information on the evaluation and selection of software products. (MER)
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Evancoe, Donna Clark – Business Officer, 1985
Steps that should be followed in choosing and implementing an administrative computer system are discussed. Three stages are involved: institutional assessment, system selection, and implementation. The first step is to define the current status of the data processing systems and the management information systems at the institutions. Future…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Business, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs