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Gehrke, Nathalie J.; Parker, Walter C. – 1982
The purpose of this paper is threefold: to describe grounded theory research strategies, to present a summary of several studies in education that have followed this approach, and to explore the potential uses of the grounded theory techniques in curriculum theory generation. The paper is arranged into six parts. In the first and second parts of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research
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Hurley, Douglas E. – College and University, 1981
A procedure called "Services/Requirements Analysis" is proposed as a means of improving input to institutional management information systems. The procedure profiles the office's information needs and limitations and identifies benefit groups, all according to user perceptions and not the assumptions of the technological community. (MSE)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Enrollment, Higher Education, Man Machine Systems
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Cortez, Edwin M.; Bunge, Charles A. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Discusses the relationship between effective organizational communication and specific library contexts and reviews the historical development of communication audits as a means of studying communication effectiveness. The generic structure of such audits is described and two models are presented in detail, including techniques for gathering and…
Descriptors: Communication Audits, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Decision Support Systems
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1982
These proceedings of a conference on research in the field of adult education contain the texts of 40 conference papers and 4 symposia. Included among the areas examined in the individual reports are the following: education participation scale factor structure and correlates for 12,000 learners, a comparative analysis of adult education research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy