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Data Mining: Going beyond Traditional Statistics
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Zhao, Chun-Mei; Luan, Jing – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
The authors provide an overview of data mining, giving special attention to the relationship between data mining and statistics to unravel some misunderstandings about the two techniques. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Enrollment, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Using Data Mining to Explore Which Students Use Advanced Placement to Reduce Time to Degree
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Eykamp, Paul W. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
This chapter explores how multiple approaches including data mining can help examine how the lengths of student enrollment are associated with varying numbers of advanced placement units. (Contains 3 tables and 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Enrollment, Advanced Placement, Educational Finance