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Peer reviewedWeiss, Janet A. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1979
Discusses five characteristics of policy making within governmental sectors and the consequences of each for the social sciences: (1) degree of centralization, (2) characteristics of major policy actors; (3) characteristics of major institutions, (4) nature of decisions made by the sector, and (5) availability of alternate source of information.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, Decision Making, Institutional Characteristics
Creighton, Theodore B. – 2001
This book focuses on the relevance of statistics in the day-to-day lives of principals and teachers. The step-by-step guide to using existing school data can help school leaders make more appropriate and effective decisions. The information is presented with easy-to-follow instructions, illustrations, and pertinent examples. The chapters are: (1)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Download full textBelcher, Marcia J. – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the institutional research (IR) office at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC). Two surveys were used to gather information for the study. The first was sent to the 285 M-DCC employees and board members on the IR office's mailing list, while the second was sent to 43 individuals,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Decision Making, Diffusion (Communication), Institutional Research
Peer reviewedSmit, Peter H.; Kochen, Manfred – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Describes the results of a survey that examined what kinds of database vendors are improving their retrieval software and the decision processes involved. Respondents included large and small vendors from the public and private sectors. An appendix presents vendors' reasons for and against specific innovations. (12 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Databases
Owen, John M. – 1984
Two aspects of knowledge use in schools are analyzed in this report. The first considers the "reception" of knowledge that results from professional social inquiry (PSI), and the second explores some factors that affect the internal school dissemination of such knowledge. Data were collected from 207 secondary school teachers in 45…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Research
Peer reviewedJohnston, Warren E.; Elsner, Gary H. – Journal of Leisure Research, 1972
Descriptors: Athletics, Citations (References), Decision Making, Facility Utilization Research
PDF pending restorationMidwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO. – 1974
The objectives of this study were to assist the Kansas City School District in the formulation of policy on the consolidation and closing of schools, development of objective criteria to aid decision-making on these issues, and specification of procedures for the implementing of such policy and policy decisions. The decision model developed had…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Consolidated Schools, Decision Making, Educational Finance
