Higher Education Policy Analysis Using Quantitative Techniques: Data, Methods and Presentation

This textbook provides an introduction to data and statistical methods for analyzing state-level higher education policy, with a focus on using institutional and state-level secondary data and quantitative techniques. It serves as a methodological guide for students, practitioners, and researchers, helping to bridge the gap between researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in education policy and other fields.

Format: Hardback
Length: 243 pages
Publication date: 08 January 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive textbook serves as an invaluable resource for graduate students in education and policy research, providing them with a thorough introduction to data and statistical methods in state-level higher education policy analysis. It serves as a methodological guide for students, practitioners, and researchers seeking a clear and effective approach to conducting rigorous higher education policy analysis that utilizes institutional- and state-level secondary data and quantitative methods, ranging from descriptive to advanced statistical techniques.

What sets this book apart is its unique ability to introduce readers to a diverse range of data sources and quantitative methods employed in policy research. It demonstrates how the results of statistical analyses should be effectively communicated to higher education policy makers, thus facilitating a bridge between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners within the field of education policy and beyond.

The coverage of this textbook is extensive, encompassing the identification of relevant data sources, the creation and management of customized data sets, the teaching of beginning and advanced statistical methods and analyses, and the presentation of analyses for various audiences, including higher education policy makers.

By providing a comprehensive and practical guide to data and statistical methods in higher education policy analysis, this textbook equips graduate students with the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute to the field and make meaningful contributions to education policy and practice.

Weight: 541g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030608309
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021