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Peer reviewedGray, Peter J. – Educational Leadership, 1984
The steps of policy analysis are similar to those of any research project; however, they focus on problems, issues, and needs. Using the introduction of microcomputers in a school district as an example, these steps are explained. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Decision Making
Hurley, Douglas E.; Lipp, Mark E. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1980
It is recognized that growing management information systems will require increased user involvement in acquiring, maintaining, and manipulating essential institutional data. A technique called Service/Requirements Analysis has been developed for incorporating user input into system design and development. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Staples, Betsy – Creative Computing, 1983
Herbert Simon (Nobel prize-winning economist/professor) expresses his views on human and artificial intelligence, problem solving, inventing concepts, and the future. Includes comments on expert systems, state of the art in artificial intelligence, robotics, and "Bacon," a computer program that finds scientific laws hidden in raw data.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computer Science
Peer reviewedSobal, Jeff – Library Trends, 1982
Discusses secondary data analysis and reanalysis of machine-readable data as supplements to traditional teaching methods in the social sciences, highlighting types of secondary data, levels of instructional use, housing data in archives, housing codebooks in library stacks, and contributions of archivists and librarians to teaching. Seventeen…
Descriptors: Archives, Computer Oriented Programs, Continuing Education, Data
Download full textSanford, Timothy R. – 1982
The most advantageous relationship between computer technology and institutional research is considered. Three potential problem areas are discussed: those associated with a central data processing center, those germane to minicomputers or terminals within the institutional research office, and those nondiscriminating types which cover both…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Sutton, Cynthia F. – 1986
The process of focus-finding in qualitative research is ongoing and dynamic, involves researcher choices and decisions (rather than pure discovery), and is a process of social construction in which the researcher interacts with the research setting. Focus-finding is discussed in the context of a qualitative research study of the integration of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Data Analysis
McKinney, Richard L.; And Others – 1986
New roles for college institutional researchers in the area of data administration and management that have resulted from developments in computer technology are reviewed. These developments include easily accessed databases, user-friendly software, and powerful and inexpensive hardware. The growing demand for data, combined with a general lack of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
