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McGrath, April L. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
The work of Harris and Martin (2012) on student motivations for choosing to complete online courses provides information on an important area of development within post-secondary education. As noted by the authors, online learning is an expanding field and learning more about why students choose online courses and their experiences in such courses…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Instruction, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Briggs, Ann R. J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
The purpose of this article is to exemplify and enhance the place of modelling as a qualitative process in educational research. Modelling is widely used in quantitative research as a tool for analysis, theory building and prediction. Statistical data lend themselves to graphical representation of values, interrelationships and operational…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Statistical Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Administration
Elliot, Emerson J. – 1988
Recent and future activities of the Center for Education Statistics (CES) of the Department of Education are discussed. The purpose of the CES is to provide information about the status and progress of education to the American public. Center activities and features discussed include specific data-gathering efforts, growth in technical…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Financial Support

McMillan, Julie; Western, John – Higher Education, 2000
Criticizes the accuracy of the methodology currently used by the Australian Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs for identifying socioeconomic status of higher education students. Proposes new individually based measures related to the occupation and education of parents when the student was in high school. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Research Methodology
Roach, Ronald – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
When asked by Thurgood Marshall during the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case to join a team of scholars to answer questions posed by the U.S. Supreme Court about the intent of the framers of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, Dr. John Hope Franklin didn't hesitate to accept. This document contains personal accounts of the famous…
Descriptors: African Americans, United States History, Historians, Constitutional Law
Gray, John – Education Policy Bulletin, 1979
The use of statistics on grades as a criteria for accountability is limiting and misleading. Alternative indicators of school performance are suggested, including the Scottish Education Data Archive. (JMF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Evaluation Criteria, Feedback
Hyatt, James A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1982
Several problems in reporting and presentation of Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) data that might affect data comparability are outlined and recommendations of a HEGIS study group are presented. Suggestions range from increased institutional involvement and increased feedback to institutions, to improvements in data storage and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Information Utilization

Buchanan, Anne L. – Reference Librarian, 1995
Examines the use of federal economic statistics by library patrons. Highlights include statistical questions, overview of the federal statistical system, the impact of government policies, responses of federal agencies to budget reductions and government policies, and problems and alternatives. (LRW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Economic Research, Federal Government, Government Role
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Bank Street College of Education, 2006
Teacher shortages, like the one schools face today, are not new. Periodically over the last 50 years there were fewer teachers available than were needed, and the response was primarily to step up recruitment efforts and issue temporary teaching credentials to those without qualifications. Three things are new however: (1) The requirement that…
Descriptors: Poverty, Teacher Persistence, Educational Change, Teacher Effectiveness

Beaton, Barbara; Kirk, Jay H. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes the Marquette University Interlibrary Loan Log, which is an online log of borrowing and lending requests. Applications of the interlibrary loan data for statistical reporting, management decision making, collection development, online enhancement, and copyright monitoring are discussed. (3 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Information Utilization, Interlibrary Loans

Strain, Paula M. – Special Libraries, 1982
Discusses the collection by library managers of demand and use data from their own libraries on a regular basis as a means of answering management questions pertaining to the "cost" of information, staff productivity, and levels of service. Examples of statistical records and recommendations for collecting data are presented. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Tresidder, Gwen – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2006
When marking GCSE data handling coursework, the author was repeatedly reminded just how poor the level of statistical understanding is among students. In response to a feeling that the teaching of handling data topics was limited, the author and her colleague designed a project with Y8 students to try to teach statistics for a deeper…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Classroom Techniques

Government Information Quarterly, 1987
Six articles discuss the 1987 Economic Censuses: a historical review by Bohme; Worden on the value of economic censuses; Wikoff and Powell-Hill on planning the questionnaire; Blum, Bowman, and Sullivan on changing data needs; Zeisset on the data's availability to users; and Schlueter, Ray, and Hartz on international economic statistics. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Census Figures, Change
Davenport, Lizzie; Cronin, Blaise – Electronic and Optical Publishing Review, 1987
Discusses the reasons behind the trend of distribution of public domain statistics by private, commercial agencies in the United States and Great Britain, identifies marketable materials and marketing strategies, and explores possible disadvantages in terms of the public good and the possibility that governments will no longer collect statistical…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Cost Effectiveness, Databases

Halli, S. S. – Simulation and Games, 1983
Discussion of possible applications of the microsimulation approach to analysis of population policy proposes compulsory sterilization policy for all of India. Topics covered include India's population problem, methods for generating a distribution of couples to be sterilized, model validation, data utilized, data analysis, program limitations,…
Descriptors: Age, Attrition (Research Studies), Birth Rate, Developing Nations
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