TY - BOOK AU - Creighton, Theodore B. TI - Schools and data: the educator's guide for using data to improve decision making SN - 1412937337 (pbk.) AV - LB 2805 C73S 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Corwin Press KW - SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION KW - STATISTICAL METHODS KW - DECISION MAKING N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192) and index; The role of data analysis in the lives of school leaders -- Getting started -- Collecting and organizing data -- Correlation : my GRE scores not good enough for Harvard! -- Introduction to regression -- Formulating research questions and comparison of means -- Independent samples t test -- Analysis of variance : the difference between two or more sample means -- Analysis of variance : repeated measures -- Two-way analysis of variance : two independent variables -- What if no mean scores? the chi-square test for goodness of fit -- The other "Q" -- Putting it all together : an evidence-based practice field UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006002986.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006002986-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006002986-b.html ER -