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Peer reviewedMcHugh, Norma G.; Johnson, Jean E. – Nursing Outlook, 1980
Research texts may describe what should be done, but they are less likely to discuss how to go about doing it, how long it may take, and the problems that may confront the first-time investigator. Key factors include setting realistic goals, securing adequate samples, and obtaining clinical knowledge about the population. (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Data Collection, Nursing, Objectives
Mirabile, Richard J. – Training and Development Journal, 1986
The author proposes using an action research model to diagnose, develop, implement, and evaluate a career development (CD) program that fits the needs and goals of the organization. Phases of a CD program development plan (data gathering, analysis and synthesis, feedback, program development, pilot implementation, and tracking) are examined. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Pilot Projects
Download full textNational Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1995
This document, which highlights the efforts of the National Institute for Literacy to pilot the development of state literacy accountability systems in four states, outlines the components, operation, and importance of state accountability systems and discusses considerations in developing a systems approach to planning and implementing a quality…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Data Collection
Creasey, J. C.; Wesley, C. – 1987
This report of a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) pilot project, which was carried out during 1982-84 in Khartoum (Sudan) to develop a vehicle for providing access to information on research in progress, describes: (1) the study that led to the conclusion that a national register of research projects was…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
David, Jane L. – 1981
After a brief introduction indicating the value of the first Follow Through evaluation, this document offers ideas about how a new wave of Follow Through approaches should be evaluated. The discussion is based on the premise that the form of an evaluation must be derived from the questions for which answers are sought, the audience(s) to whom the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Context Effect, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Klein, Thomas W. – 1990
The original National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been criticized for its limited ability to provide information that is useful at a variety of levels. As a result, Congress authorized a voluntary NAEP Trial State Assessment Program for the assessment of mathematics at grade 8 in 1990, reading at grade 4 in 1992, and mathematics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
White, Kimberly – 1992
The progress of a novice ethnographic researcher is traced from problems associated with a pilot study through the production of a final draft of her dissertation--an observational case study. Focus is on the data analysis process, the development of conceptual maps leading to an emergent grounded theory, and writing the dissertation. Research…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Day Care, Doctoral Dissertations
