Presenting a cutting-edge critical analysis of how data, algorithms and surveillance are changing the face of contemporary higher education, this open access book explores the role of big data and learning analytics to provide new insights into th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Feb-2025, Other book format, Izdevniecība: Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN-13: 9781350281615)
This open access book takes an innovative and critical look at the ways in which digital data and algorithms are changing the face of higher education in multiple ways. It examines their impact at both the macro scale of universities an...Lasīt vairāk
Discusses digital analytics as a new trend using new technologies to measure, collect, analyze, and report on data about learners and their contexts to understand and optimize learning and learning environments. Digital analytics is...Lasīt vairāk
Michael A. Long, Paul B. Stretesky, Kenneth J. Berry, Janis E. Johnston, Michael J. Lynch
(Izdošanas datums: 23-Nov-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009123075)
Benfords Law is a probability distribution for the likelihood of the leading digit in a set of numbers. This book seeks to improve and systematize the use of this in the social sciences to assess the validity of self-reported data, using a new measu...Lasīt vairāk
Benfords Law is a probability distribution for the likelihood of the leading digit in a set of numbers. This book seeks to improve and systematize the use of this in the social sciences to assess the validity of self-reported data, using a new measu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 06-May-2022, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Business Science Reference, ISBN-13: 9781799896449)
Examines novel and emerging applications of data science and sister disciplines in gaining insights from data to inform interventions into the learners journey and interactions with an academic or training institution. Topics focus on building mode...Lasīt vairāk
Demystifying Scholarly Metrics gives librarians and faculty the confidence to navigate the maze of scholarly metrics, identify quality journals in which to publish, and measure the impact of scholarly works.Both librarians and profes...Lasīt vairāk
Following the data is a now-familiar phrase in Covid-19 policy communications. Well-being data are pivotal in decisions that affect our life chances, livelihoods and quality of life. They are increasingly valuable to companies with their eyes on...Lasīt vairāk
Following the data is a now-familiar phrase in Covid-19 policy communications. Well-being data are pivotal in decisions that affect our life chances, livelihoods and quality of life. They are increasingly valuable to companies with their eyes on...Lasīt vairāk
Bringing together the techniques required to understand, interpret and quantify the processes involved when exploring structures and relationships in questionnaire data, Quantitative Analysis of Questionnaires provides the knowledge and cap...Lasīt vairāk
Bringing together the techniques required to analyse questionnaires, this book is the ideal companion for non-mathematical students with no prior knowledge of quantitative methods. Using rich examples from a range of settings, this book analyses bas...Lasīt vairāk
Researchers are becoming increasingly concerned with tracking the impact and reach that their research has on the academic community. Through the implementation of altmetrics, they can now better measure the value that their research has through the...Lasīt vairāk
Focuses on how altmetrics can help researchers to uncover evidence of societal engagement, influence, and broader impacts that demonstrate the value of their research. The book builds a more complete picture of the visibility and profile of individu...Lasīt vairāk
Providing reliable information on an intervention effect, meta-analysis is a powerful statistical tool for analyzing and combining results from individual studies. Meta-Analysis of Binary Data Using Profile Likelihood focuses on the analysis a...Lasīt vairāk
Analysis in Nutrition Research: Principles of Statistical Methodology and Interpretation of the Results describes, in a comprehensive manner, the methodologies of quantitative analysis of data originating specifically from nutrition studies...Lasīt vairāk
The question of how to quantify the impact and value of research looms large in the minds of academics, policy makers, academic administrators, and scientists. Measuring Research: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) will provide, for the first time, an ac...Lasīt vairāk
The question of how to quantify the impact and value of research looms large in the minds of academics, policy makers, academic administrators, and scientists. Measuring Research: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) will provide, for the first time, an ac...Lasīt vairāk
Becoming Metric-Wise: A Bibliometric Guide for Researchers aims to inform researchers about metrics so that they become aware of the evaluative techniques being applied to their scientific output. Understanding these concepts will help them...Lasīt vairāk
Student Affairs by the Numbers aims to be the go-to book for student affairs professionals who want to know the basics of quantitative research and statistics for their work. Books on assessment in student affairs tend to discuss processes more than...Lasīt vairāk
Student Affairs by the Numbers aims to be the go-to book for student affairs professionals who want to know the basics of quantitative research and statistics for their work. Books on assessment in student affairs tend to discuss processes mor...Lasīt vairāk
We are living in a cyber society. Mobile devices, social media, the Internet, crime cameras, and other diverse sources can be pulled together to form massive datasets, known as big data, which make it possible to learn things we could not begin to co...Lasīt vairāk
The purpose of this book is to introduce novice researchers to the tools of meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis and to summarize the state of the art for existing practitioners. Meta-regression analysis addresses the rising Tower of Babel...Lasīt vairāk
This readable and comprehensive text is designed to equip students and practitioners with the statistical skills needed to meet government standards regarding public program evaluation. Even those with little statistical training will find the exp...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Apr-2015, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Association of College & Research Libraries, ISBN-13: 9780838987551)
Bonn and Furlough edit this volume on metrics for libraries to assess scholarly journals. Three main parts discuss the metric strategies of impact factor, bibliometrics, and altmetrics, with each section containing a chapter introducing the definitio...Lasīt vairāk
