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TY - JOUR
T1 - Gold in them there hills?
T2 - Extracting and using data from existing sources
AU - Yorke, Mantz
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Data residing in institutional and system-level record systems are often under-exploited as a resource for decision-making. Whilst the data might neither have the characteristics, nor meet the quality demanded, of formal research projects, their relative availability offers advantages to the policy-maker and practitioner. This article illustrates with a number of examples the potential of available data for informing policy and practice at different levels within an education system.
AB - Data residing in institutional and system-level record systems are often under-exploited as a resource for decision-making. Whilst the data might neither have the characteristics, nor meet the quality demanded, of formal research projects, their relative availability offers advantages to the policy-maker and practitioner. This article illustrates with a number of examples the potential of available data for informing policy and practice at different levels within an education system.
U2 - 10.1007/s11233-006-9001-8
DO - 10.1007/s11233-006-9001-8
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
SP - 201
EP - 213
JO - Tertiary Education and Management
JF - Tertiary Education and Management
SN - 1358-3883
IS - 3
ER -