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Peer reviewedWirt, Edgar – Journal of Experimental Education, 1987
In negotiating to obtain a sample of records from a computer file, it is important to be able to present a simple program that will produce a representative and valid sample. This article describes two procedures: (1) an interval selection method; and (2) a random numbers file. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Business, Computers, Databases
Lunney, Gerald H. – 1979
An assessment of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) reveals that small colleges can benefit from the consistency of standardized responses in creating individual planning data systems. HEGIS has a long enough history to have stabilized its several instruments. However, if one is looking to create student or personnel specific…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computers, Data Collection, Databases
Download full textBrown, George H.; Faupel, Elizabeth M. – 1987
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Longitudinal Studies Program (LSP) are major survey projects on educational outcomes performed by the Center for Education Statistics. NAEP is a continuing cross-sectional survey of young Americans' skills, knowledge, and attitudes. The LSP studies follow a sample of students as they…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cross Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Databases
