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Harrell, Thomas H. – 1987
This discussion of the design of computerized psychological assessment or testing instruments stresses the importance of the well-designed computer-user interface. The principles underlying the three main functional elements of computer-user dialogue--data entry, data display, and sequential control--are discussed, and basic guidelines derived…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Processing, Design Requirements, Human Factors Engineering
Eisenberg, Michael – 1984
Curriculum administration and evaluation require specific information on such curriculum components as content, time, teaching methodology, materials, evaluation, and scheduling. Without such information, planning, coordination, resources allocation, and other decision-making activities are severely handicapped. Furthermore, evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, Computer Software, Curriculum Evaluation
Mannering, Linda W.; McKinney, Richard L. – 1983
The paper sets the stage for the effective and efficient use of computers in institutional research. The microcomputer and the mainframe computer are contrasted for those researchers who have a choice of where to process data. General computer use, specific microcomputer and mainframe computing guidelines, and an application utilizing both…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computers, Data Analysis, Data Processing
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Davies, Roy – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Discusses possibility of using expert systems to develop new model in cataloging theory made necessary by technological progress, rising user expectations, and economic pressures. A data structure for bibliographic information required by Anglo American Cataloging Rules, 2nd edition, (AACR2) is suggested, and possible heuristics for interpreting…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Data Processing, Economic Factors, Expert Systems
Mandeville, Garrett K. – 1988
This paper describes and evaluates a computerized system, MATCH, which is being used in South Carolina to match or link student records from year to year. The functioning of MATCH and its specific features are described, and its use in matching student test scores is detailed. The problem of mismatched records and the use of visual editing to…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Data Analysis
Cronin, Blaise – 1986
An information society is one in which the expression "to earn one's daily bread by the sweat of one's brow" appears decidedly anachronistic. People have been seduced by the rhetoric of novelty and confused by the surface significance of terms which have become accepted parts of everyday speech. What do rubrics such as information society,…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Development, Economic Change
White, Charles S. – 1987
This paper examines the relationship between democratic citizenship and information technology. Modern information technology disputes the idea that citizens can be properly educated to assume the burdens necessary to reap the blessing of freedom. Information technologies challenge the ability of citizens to fulfill the fundamental requirement of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Hickman, Linda J. – 1986
Technological advances in microcomputer hardware and software, including size of memory and increasingly more sophisticated statistical application packages, create a new era in educational research. The alternative to costly main-frame computer data processing and statistical analysis is explored in this paper. In the first section, typical…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Evaluation Criteria
Shale, Douglas G.; Milinusic, Tomislav O. – 1985
This paper describes a computer support system that eliminated many of the problems associated with the usual methods of transcribing and analyzing questionnaire data. The system was created to support the course evaluation system at Athabasca University, a distance education university in Canada. The courses evaluated were all home study courses,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Course Evaluation, Data Analysis, Data Processing
Cason, Gerald J.; Cason, Carolyn L. – 1987
This study describes a computer based, performance rating information processing system, performance rating theory, and programs for the application of the theory to obtain ratings free from the effects of reviewer stringency in reviewing abstracts of conference papers. Originally, the Performance Rating (PR) System was used to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Oriented Programs, Conference Papers, Data Processing
McKnight, Curtis C.; And Others – 1990
The ability to think critically in the presence of arguments with essential quantitative elements, most often graphical elements, will become an essential skill for educated citizens in the future. This paper takes one specific graphical display, a narrow series of observational and interpretational tasks related to a graph, and using a small set…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, College Mathematics
Cason, Carolyn L.; And Others – 1987
A total of 1,071 rating sheets were completed by individual reviewers evaluating abstracts submitted to Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for the International Research Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland. Only 972 sheets contained usable data. Reviewers indicated a total of 12 ratings with possible comments for each abstract on machine…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Oriented Programs, Conference Papers, Data Processing
Keating, Jean C. – 1993
This paper reports on the implementation of the first two parts of an integrated data base designed to replace the fragmented surveys and data files of Virginia's institutions of higher education. The two parts being examined involve the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Student Data Base and the Institutional Information…
Descriptors: College Admission, Data Collection, Data Processing, Database Design
Riegel, N. Blyth – 1986
Recent changes in the structure of curriculum and the instructional system in Texas have required a major reorganization of teaching, evaluating, budgeting, and planning activities in the local education agencies, which has created the need for a database. The history of Richardson Instructional Management System (RIMS), its data processing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Processing, Educational Administration
Yost, Michael – 1983
The use of an integrated student information system (ISIS) to conduct institutional research at Trinity University is discussed. The types of data contained in the system, which has 59 files, include: student characteristics, recruitment, financial aid, registration, faculty load, and class scheduling. The data for students, faculty, departments,…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Software, Data Processing, Databases
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