Data Collection and Analysis

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Data Collection and Analysis

• Kathy Piechura-Couture
• Stetson University

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What do you collect?

• Early grades (K-2) DIBELS
• Standardized tests (Stanford 10, CTBS)
• State Test Scores (3-12)
• Survey Data

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How do you report data?

• Percentiles Good for parents, lay people, news
  reports
• Statistical analysis Good for dissertations,
  proves that the effect didnt happen by chance.
• Fishers T-Test (http//www.graphpad.com/quickcalc
  s/contingency1.cfm)
• Survey data Great for tweaking of programs and
  richer data context (http//ed.sc.gov/agency/Educa
  tional-Services/Public-School-Choice/SingleGender/
  Surveys.html)

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Questions to ask yourself

• Why am I collecting this data?
• What do I want to do with the data?
• Who is my audience?
• What decisions need to be made with the data?