Science and institutional research: The links |
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| Authors: | E Bernadette McKinney John J Hindera |
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| Institution: | (1) Analytical Studies, PLA/POL 2162, University of Houston, 77204-2162 Houston, TX;(2) University of Arkansas, USA |
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| Abstract: | Discussions of the functions of institutional research are common. However, discussions concerning the structures associated with disciplined inquiry, theresearch part of institutional research, have been rare. This paper compares the process and structure of institutional research with three ways in which science is conceptualized. These comparisons result in the recognition that although institutional research has much in common with science, it is distinct from science. This paper begins the process of identifying the structures and assumptions that form the basis of institutional research.Presented at the Thirty-First Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, San Francisco, May 26–29, 1991 |
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