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Atwood, Nancy K.; Hiller, Jack H. – 1986
An automated management information system was developed for planning and scheduling unit training in a U.S. Army infantry division. The primary goal of the project was to test the feasibility of the concept for a computer-based management information system. Specific objectives were to integrate information on personnel, training, and logistics…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Formative Evaluation, Management Information Systems
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Bloom, Allan M.; Montgomery, James R. – 1979
The exchange of comparable data among peer institutions is discussed as an effective means of providing institutional research data and promoting interinstitutional communication and cooperation. Principles and procedures that will lead to faster, smoother, and less expensive data exchange are explained. The Southern University Teaching Load Data…
Descriptors: Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Morrison, James L. – 1990
This handbook for institutional researchers focuses on describing methods and techniques for conducting and merging external and internal analyses in order to produce an expanded vision of alternative future environments. Such vision is needed for the formulation of strategic long-range plans. Section 1 begins with a discussion of how an internal…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
Taylor, William H. – 1978
The System for Program Information in Continuing Education (SPICE), an information system being implemented at The University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada), was designed to facilitate the collection, manipulation, and reporting of evaluative data from continuing education program participants. The objectives of the system include the following: to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Morrison, James L. – 1990
A step-by-step approach is provided for developing an environmental scanning system for colleges and universities to assist them in planning for the future. The objectives of such a system are to detect social, scientific, economic, technical, and political interactions important to the organization; define potential threats and opportunities from…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Blank, Rolf K. – 1993
National- and state-level reports on education indicators have been produced since the mid-1980s. However, the debate continues over which education indicators to select and report. This paper outlines the lessons gained by a national organization in building an education indicators system through cooperation with state education agencies and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Data Collection, Definitions, Educational Cooperation
Ngaiyaye, Morven S. W.; VanderPloge, Arie – 1986
This study of the effects of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on the academic achievement of educationally disadvantaged students in grades 2 through 8 in four urban schools tested three hypotheses: (1) supplementary CAI programs are significantly more effective than non-CAI supplementary instruction approaches for disadvantaged students; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Hartmann, N. J. – 1984
Proceeding from the premise that effective educational management requires effective information management, this paper identifies requirements to consider in designing student information systems, and describes how the Toronto Public Schools' system meets these requirements. In addition to examining the common characteristics of information…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Educational Administration
McEwen, Nelly – 1993
The Educational Quality Indicators (EQI) initiative was a collaboration between Alberta Education (Alberta, Canada) and 12 school jurisdictions to develop and implement indicator systems to measure the success of the educational enterprise. Ten concurrent collaborative projects were conducted between 1989 and 1992 to develop indicator systems for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Campeau, Peggie L.; And Others – 1992
This report on a project called Performance Assessment for Self-Sufficiency (PASS) covers activities conducted in the first stage of expert system development: the acquisition of knowledge to be used as the foundation for the expert system prototype. The project is developing an information system for anticipating the service needs of young…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Daily Living Skills, Data Collection, Decision Making
Frost, Jacqueline; Dalrymple, Margaret; Wang, Mindy – 1998
Institutional researchers play a key role in an environment where data warehouses are used to store and retrieve vast amounts of data. Along with the benefits of increased access for more users, improved reporting capabilities, and less reliance on centralized information, come questions of appropriate data usage, data access and security,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Software, Data Collection, Database Management Systems