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Peer reviewedAdelman, Clifford – Review of Higher Education, 1989
The conflict between immediacy and accuracy in data-gathering and analysis is discussed. The case of the Postsecondary Transcript Sample (PETS) of the National Longitudinal Study is used to illustrate the particulars of this conflict and their resolution on the side of accuracy. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Educational Improvement
