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Shero, Jeffrey A.; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Schatschneider, Chris; Hart, Sara A. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2022
Many of the analytical models commonly used in educational research often aim to maximize explained variance and identify variable importance within models. These models are useful for understanding general ideas and trends, but give limited insight into the individuals within said models. Data envelopment analysis (DEA), is a method rooted in…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Research, Nonparametric Statistics, Efficiency
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Sillah, B. M. S. – Africa Education Review, 2012
This paper employs a stochastic production frontier model to assess the efficiency of the senior secondary schools in the Gambia. It examines their efficiency in using and mixing the educational inputs of average teacher salary, average teacher education, average teacher experience and students-to-teacher ratio in producing the number of students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, School Effectiveness, Efficiency
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de Guzman, Maria Corazon Gwendolyn N.; Cabana, Emilyn – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This paper measures the technical efficiency of 16 selected colleges and universities in Metro Manila, Philippines, using academic data for the SY 2001-2005. Using the data envelopment analysis (DEA), on average, schools posted 0.807 index score and need additional 19.3% efficiency growth to be efficient. Overall, there are top four efficient…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Private Education, Efficiency