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National Forum on Education Statistics, 2012
Education data are growing in quantity, quality, and value. When appropriately used to guide action, data can be a powerful tool for improving school operations, teaching, and learning. Education stakeholders who possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to appropriately access, analyze, and interpret data will be able to use data to take…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Data Interpretation, Information Utilization, Data Analysis
Lubienski, Christopher; Garn, Gregg – Current Issues in Education, 2010
The question of how information is used by parents in selecting schools is a central issue in school choice debates, where advocates and opponents frequently intermingle theory (often economic), ideological beliefs, and empirical evidence in constructing arguments about the potential of this reform. We employ a nomination strategy to analyze…
Descriptors: School Choice, School Effectiveness, Evidence, Ideology

Alo, Richard A.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
Presents a mathematical model of a decision maker subject to goal uncertainty which shows that a dominant course of action will always emerge. The theory of multivalued functions is used to express goal uncertainty, and a specific example is described to provide insight into how the procedure works in practice. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Feedback, Information Systems, Information Utilization

Yovits, M. C.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
Summarizes earlier research in the theory of information flow and its application to practical situations and to the relationship between information and the user's knowledge state. A model for creating information profiles is presented which mathematically represents changes in decision making effectiveness as a function of specific documents.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Transfer, Information Utilization, Mathematical Models

Heimer, Carol A. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985
This paper analyzes two types of decisions for insuring mobile oil rigs and fixed installations in the Norwegian North Sea: (1) decisions about information for ratemaking and underwriting, and (2) decisions about the conditions of insurance. Appended are 46 references. (MLF)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Information Utilization, Insurance
Pritchett, Mark S. – 1990
This paper presents a comprehensive case analysis of formal environmental scanning processes in three different institutions of higher education. The study focuses on how environmental scanning activities are organized and used to support institutional planning and decision-making. Special emphasis is placed on describing how environmental…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colleges, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peek, Robin P.; Goldstein, Andrew S. – 1991
This exploratory study examined the college search processes of 25 non-traditional adult students at two central New York State community colleges. Using a modified time-line interview, a method developed in communication and information sciences, the researchers found that the college student's choice process was significantly different for the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Choice, Decision Making, Evaluative Thinking
McClintock, Charles – 1985
Several contextual factors were investigated related to the information needs of educational administrators. In a survey of 119 administrators, the following issues were studied: (1) varying preferences for different information sources; (2) the effects on preferences for information sources of different decision or program development tasks; (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Decision Making
Craig, James R.; And Others – 1981
This investigation employed an in-basket simulation to assess the effect of provisional analysis on the use of evaluation data by program administrators in making program decisions. Sixty-five volunteers from graduate education courses and 52 volunteers from undergraduate educational psychology classes at Western Kentucky University were randomly…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Yovits, M. C.; Foulk, C. R. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Describes experiments relating information to decision making. The experiments were developed to validate previously suggested conceptual model of information flow and its relation to decision making and to establish specific values for significant parameters involved. Background and summary of recent research and experimental design and research…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Information Theory

Noah, Harold J. – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Comparative education can deepen understanding of our own education and society, be of assistance to policymakers and administrators, and form a most valuable part of teacher education. Like all applied fields, however, it is open to potential abuse by those who would use its results to support--or oppose--specific change programs. (BRR)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Decision Making

Davis, Jinnie Y. – Library and Information Science Research, 1984
Discusses hypotheses which examine, for a nonprogramed decision, variables of (1) individual decision makers, (2) information upon which choices are based, and (3) structural features within which decision is made. Circumstances under which decision-making group (Ohio's librarians) selected an innovative alternative (incorporation of OCLC) are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Case Studies, Committees, Decision Making
Harmon, Lenore W., Ed.; And Others – 1983
This compilation of three papers investigates theoretical and practical facets of career development, focusing on cognitive theory and decision-making theory and their roles in the formation of computerized career development systems. In the first paper ("Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Its Application to Career Development"), Gerald…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Grayson, Judith M.; And Others – 1983
Methods of identifying effective special education practices are analyzed to help practitioners identify and adopt such practices. The contents of this guide include a flowchart for effective practice identification (EPI), an analysis of decision-making steps in this process, and two examples of identification procedures. The decision-making steps…
Descriptors: Action Research, Data Collection, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education

Ewell, Peter T.; Jones, Dennis P. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1994
The development of institutional performance indicators in higher education is viewed as part of a broader approach to management information and decision making. The experience of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems in developing useful information from raw data, selecting appropriate performance indicators, and applying…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Decision Making
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