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Henrickson, Leslie – 1999
This paper serves as an example of how one may approach the use of a large database for comparative education purposes. Considerations include determining three aspects about the databases, and one case study. The three aspects include the type of database that is used, the method in which the data were collected and errors, and the structure of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Download full textMESA Group, Arlington, VA. – 1996
The School District Data Book (SDDB) is a database and information system housed on 51 CD-ROMs containing the most extensive set of data ever developed on children, their households, and the nation's school systems. The Data Book allows comparisons among school districts and permits the extraction of data about districts with particular…
Descriptors: Cartography, Census Figures, Children, Comparative Analysis
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
The Common Core of Data (CCD) is the primary database of the National Center for Education Statistics on elementary and secondary public education in the United States. CCD is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of all elementary and secondary schools and school districts, which contains data that are comparable across all…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Educational Finance
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC. Governments Div. – 1995
This is the fourth in a series of reports evaluating the Public Library Statistics (PLS) program, an annual census of public libraries in the United States. The census includes, in addition to a full count of public libraries and their outlets, a variety of statistics about the services provided by and, the financial condition and the staffing…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
The Common Core of Data (CCD) is the primary database of the National Center for Education Statistics on elementary and secondary education in the United States. CCD is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of all elementary and secondary schools and school districts. It contains data that are comparable across all states, and all…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Clubb, Jerome M.; Traugott, Michael W. – 1978
While the emphasis in much recent research has been essentially on urban concerns, there are very substantial empirical data resources which are available for the study of nonmetropolitan social, political, and economic phenomenon. The sources of computer-readable data relevant to investigation of nonmetropolitan phenomena can be grouped into…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Organizations, Community Study, Comparative Analysis
Henry, Stephan A. – 1995
The School District Data Book (SDDB) of the National Center for Education Statistics contains data on over 15,000 local education agencies (LEAs) that make it possible to compare data aggregated at district, county, state, and national levels on hundreds of variables. The SDDB was used to examine differences between the Topeka (Kansas) public…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
