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HBCU Efficiency and Endowments: An Exploratory Analysis
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Coupet, Jason; Barnum, Darold – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2010
Discussions of efficiency among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are often missing in academic conversations. This article seeks to assess efficiency of individual HBCUs using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a non-parametric technique that can synthesize multiple inputs and outputs to determine a single efficiency score for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Educational Finance, Efficiency, Data Analysis
Genetic Algorithms: A Pragmatic, Non-Parametric Approach to Exploratory Analysis of Questionnaires in Educational Research.
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Madden, Andrew D. – Educational Research, 1999
Explains genetic algorithms, a means of generating logical rules that predict one variable by relating it to others. Describes how they can be applied to analysis of survey data. (SK)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Nonparametric Statistics
Discriminant Analysis with Categorical Data
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Overall, John E.; Woodward, – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
A method for studying relationships among groups in terms of categorical data patterns is described. The procedure yields a dimensional representation of configural relationships among multiple groups and a quantitative scaling of categorical data patterns for use in subsequent assignment of new individuals to the groups. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Data Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Mental Disorders