Recommendations are made for data processing procedures for the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Common Core of Data survey program. Data are anticipated from about 16,000 local education agencies and 85,000 schools in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 7 territories. These recommendations concern editing and verification…

An integrated student information system (ISIS) at Trinity University (Texas) is described with attention to how data are entered and how data are extracted for purposes of institutional research. The structure of the original ISIS files, the extract files, and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) files is examined. An outline is…

This study was conducted to test measures of library service developed in a 1974 national performance measurement study, and to develop personnel training programs in data collection and analysis in New Jersey public libraries. The study was conducted in three phases: (1) revision of original procedures manual; (2) measurement implementation in 25…

Two recent developments in management information system technology and higher education administration have brought about the need for this study, designed to develop a methodology for revealing a relational model of the data base that administrators are operating from currently or would like to be able to operate from in the future.…

WRITTEN FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND PLANNERS, THIS ANTHOLOGY IS CONCERNED WITH INFORMATION PRINCIPLES, EFFECTS, DESIGN, AND INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS. CONCENTRATING ON THE CONSTRAINTS ON AUTOMATION AND ITS IMPACT ON EDUCATION, THE DOCUMENT CONSIDERS NEW USES FOR COMPUTERS IN REPORTING STATISTICS, SCHOOL CENSUS, ATTENDANCE COUNTING, GRADING, SCHEDULING,…

Two of the most successful regional educational data processing centers in Iowa are analyzed to provide information for future efforts to develop educational information systems. Objectives of the system and its scope of operation are determined. Then hardware/software necessary to achieve these goals is specified, along with an estimated budget…

A COMPREHENSIVE PUPIL PERSONNEL AND CURRICULAR DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED AND DEMONSTRATED FOR USE OF CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO SERVE GROUPS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGH REGIONAL, DATA PROCESSING CENTERS. THE OVERALL SYSTEMS PLAN, THE NECESSARY PROGRAMING ACTIVITIES, AND A TECHNIQUE FOR MASTER CODING WERE…

This profile presents and summarizes available information about the quality of data from the five surveys that comprise the SASS, along with background material on the survey design and procedures for the following: (1) School Survey; (2) School Administrator Survey; (3) Teacher Demand and Shortage Survey; (4) Teacher Survey; and (5) Teacher…

Ways in which computers and audio tape recorder techniques were used to record, index, and present data collected during two summers of field work in a rural area of Mexico are described. The research goal was to study the Otomi Indian shamans. Two computers were used: the Honeywell 6800 DPS-2 and the Osborne-1 microcomputer. The database system…

The data entry quality control procedures in discrete data entry tasks in the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) Fourth Follow-Up Survey are examined. Direct data entry terminals were used to key survey questionnaire item responses, telephone interview corrections, respondent background information and supplemental questionnaire responses into…

This paper reviews the question of the cost and benefits of data for the analysis of state policy questions, and concludes that in the abstract the question cannot be answered; rather, it must be considered on a continuing basis whenever data is to be collected in the support of baseline studies or special projects. The paper suggests six criteria…

A review of statistical data analysis involving computers as a multi-dimensional problem provides the perspective for consideration of the use of computers in statistical analysis and the problems associated with large data files. An overall description of STATJOB, a particular system for doing statistical data analysis on a digital computer,…

This document reports the results of a study that surveyed and analyzed educational information at certain educational agencies to determine whether or not certain information items are presently maintained at various State departments of education and at certain large school districts. A summary of information maintained by each State department…

Activities of the California State Department of Education related to the Early Childhood Education Program were audited, specifically: (1) overall data management and processing; (2) information quality for the evaluation of program impact; (3) treatment of standardized test data; and (4) procedures for expansion funding and termination. (CP)

Presents examples from the University of Wisconsin-Extension of ways in which the computer can help extension personnel to better organize and use data in developing programs and in analyzing survey results and other data. (MF)