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McAlpine, Lynn; Amundsen, Cheryl – Studies in Continuing Education, 2015
Navigating academic work as well as career possibilities during and post-Ph.D. is challenging. To better understand these challenges, since 2010, we have investigated the experiences of early career scientists longitudinally using a range of qualitative data collection formats. For this study, we examined the experiences of four students and four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Entry Workers, Scientific Research
Bramson, Robert; Parlette, Nicholas – Personnel Journal, 1978
Five data collection methods are described: interviews of individuals, nominal group approaches, administration of questionnaires, inspection of records, and the Delphi decision making technique. A matrix is included and provides a brief description of each method, along with its choice criteria and its advantages and disadvantages. (BM)
Descriptors: Classification, Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Evans, Frank B.; Ketelaar, Eric – 1983
Intended primarily for distribution to public archival institutions, this sample questionnaire is designed to collect information on archival systems and services and related information on records management legislation or regulation. It is noted that the questionnaire is a simplification of a previous model and that it is being used for a…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Glossaries, Information Storage
Wallace, Danny P. – 1983
A survey of 301 Illinois special libraries was conducted in 1982 to determine the number and type of statistics collected by these libraries and the ways in which these data are used. The mean number of statistics collected was reported as 10, including both technical and public service measures. Measures kept regularly by at least 50% of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Collection, Library Administration, Library Services
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1978
A detailed description is provided of the variable information acquisition (IA), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale the variable are explained; the distribution of the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Elementary Education
Perry, Clarence Arthur – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Within the past few years there has been a very remarkable increase in public school extension and the wider use of school buildings and equipment. This extension work has taken many forms, all of which, however, are intended to be supplementary to the regular school work. In order that records of this work may be kept and that teachers, school…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Trends, Extension Education, Public Schools