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Direct linkWebber, Karen L., Ed.; Zheng, Henry, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
The continuing importance of data analytics is not lost on higher education leaders, who face a multitude of challenges, including increasing operating costs, dwindling state support, limits to tuition increases, and increased competition from the for-profit sector. To navigate these challenges, savvy leaders must leverage data to make sound…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Learning Analytics, Higher Education
Download full textGomes, Cristiano Mauro Assis; Almeida, Leandro S. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2017
Predictive studies have been widely undertaken in the field of education to provide strategic information about the extensive set of processes related to teaching and learning, as well as about what variables predict certain educational outcomes, such as academic achievement or dropout. As in any other area, there is a set of standard techniques…
Descriptors: Predictive Measurement, Statistical Analysis, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Pascopella, Angela – District Administration, 2012
Predicting the future is now in the hands of K12 administrators. While for years districts have collected thousands of pieces of student data, educators have been using them only for data-driven decision-making or formative assessments, which give a "rear-view" perspective only. Now, using predictive analysis--the pulling together of data over…
Descriptors: Expertise, Prediction, Decision Making, Data
Smith, Vernon C.; Lange, Adam; Huston, Daniel R. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
Community colleges continue to experience growth in online courses. This growth reflects the need to increase the numbers of students who complete certificates or degrees. Retaining online students, not to mention assuring their success, is a challenge that must be addressed through practical institutional responses. By leveraging existing student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Prediction, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedZoski, Keith; Jurs, Stephen – Evaluation Review, 1991
The concerns about the use of a modified scree test in analyzing data from Delphi surveys may not be important if the scree test data are weighted. Factors important to the study can be incorporated into the test, and the ordinate on the graph can be labeled accordingly. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Delphi Technique, Graphs
Ajzen, Icek; Fishbein, Martin – J Exp Soc Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Beliefs
Peer reviewedAltschuld, James W.; Thomas, Phyllis M. – Evaluation Review, 1991
Three problems affecting the use of a modified scree test in analyzing Delphi survey data are discussed: (1) the adequacy of the criterion; (2) the complexity of decision making; and (3) the nature of the Delphi panel. Using the modified scree test with these considerations in mind is suggested. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Delphi Technique, Graphs
Coplin, William D.; O'Leary, Michael K. – 1983
This package introduces college students to the elements of the Prince System, a widely used system for making political forecasts and developing political strategies. Designed to be completed in two to three weeks, the two exercises enable students to (1) identify political issues that the Prince System can help them understand, (2) determine the…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Charts
Peer reviewedDembowski, Frederick L. – College and University, 1980
A model of student college choice decision was formulated and empirically tested to be used as the basis to estimate the probability of whether a student would enter a particular college. Three components of the model were students' personal characteristics, the admissions process that the students experience, and college characteristics.…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, College Choice, Decision Making
Coplin, William D.; O'Leary, Michael K. – 1983
This package introduces college students to the kind of analysis that multinational corporations undertake to assess risks to their business operations due to political and economic conditions. Designed to be completed in 3 weeks, the four exercises enable students to (1) identify the major sources of political risk; (2) determine what social,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Charts, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
