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Keaton, Patrick; Sable, Jennifer; Liu, Fei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
This revised data file includes corrections that were provided to NCES as a result of a special collection effort designed to address data quality issues found in the 1a release of this file. In May 2012, NCES became aware of data errors for key data items for several schools on the published version of the SY 2009-10 school file; in some cases…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Data Collection, Documentation, Error Patterns
Christal, Melodie E. – 1985
Problems with finance data reported through the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) are reported. Less than one percent of institutions appear to have reported incorrect data for the fiscal year (FY) 1983 finance survey. One reporting problem concerns state appropriations that are radically different in previous years or that are…
Descriptors: Contracts, Data Collection, Error Patterns, Grants
Patz, Richard J.; Wilson, Mark; Hoskens, Machteld – 1997
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) collects data in the form of repeated, discrete measures (test items) with hierarchical structure for both measures and subjects, that is complex by any standard. This complexity has been managed through a "divide and conquer" approach of isolating and evaluating sources of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns