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Firnberg, James W.; Christal, Melodie E. – College and University, 1984
A survey of institutions concerning their reporting of data on the Higher Education General Information Survey and specifically examining the differences in definitions and calculations among reporting institutions, confirmed suspected problems of comparability of information. The impact of these differences on data interpretation is discussed.…
Descriptors: Computation, Data Analysis, Definitions, Federal Government