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The Death of Hunch-Based Decision Making in SEM
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Blair, Morgan; Zanidean, Alex – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2020
Data interpretation can be difficult. Data visualization techniques from the manufacturing industry make interpretation easier. Control charts display trends in context, so it is clear when performance is truly changing and when it is not. Decision makers know when to act, when to maintain, and when to celebrate. This article discusses the use of…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Decision Making, Data Interpretation, Visualization
Evidence-Based Assessment in Special Education Research: Advancing the Use of Evidence in Assessment Tools and Empirical Processes
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Elizabeth Talbott; Andres De Los Reyes; Devin M. Kearns; Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez; Mo Wang – Exceptional Children, 2023
Evidence-based assessment (EBA) requires that investigators employ scientific theories and research findings to guide decisions about what domains to measure, how and when to measure them, and how to make decisions and interpret results. To implement EBA, investigators need high-quality assessment tools along with evidence-based processes. We…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Evaluation Methods, Special Education, Educational Research
Data-Mining Techniques in Detecting Factors Linked to Academic Achievement
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Martínez Abad, Fernando; Chaparro Caso López, Alicia A. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
In light of the emergence of statistical analysis techniques based on data mining in education sciences, and the potential they offer to detect non-trivial information in large databases, this paper presents a procedure used to detect factors linked to academic achievement in large-scale assessments. The study is based on a non-experimental,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Collection, Statistical Analysis, Evaluation Methods
The Optimization of Decision Studies in Generalizability Theory.
Sanders, Petrus Franciscus – 1992
The application of mathematical programming techniques is extended to the construction of measurement instruments in generalizability theory. Key concepts in generalizability theory are explained and a description is given of: (1) the one-facet crossed design; (2) the two-facet crossed design; and (3) a two-facet nested design. The optimization of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Equations (Mathematics)
Ontario Universities Statistical Compendium, 1970-90. Part A: Micro-Indicators.
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. Research Div. – 1991
This publication provides macro-indicators and complementary analyses and supporting data for use by policy and decision makers concerned with Ontario universities. These analytical tools are meant to unambiguously measure what is taking place in Canadian postsecondary education, and therefore, assist in focusing on what decisions need to be made.…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Miscounting Social Ills.
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Gilbert, Neil – Society, 1994
Deliberations about social policy often center on estimates of harm or benefit generated by different interest groups. Problems in what is measured and how it is measured are illustrated by a discussion of research into sexual abuse and rape. Advocacy research is an unreliable foundation for social policy formation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Abuse, Computation, Data Collection