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ERIC Number: EJ425952
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
Path Analysis and Residual Plotting as Methods of Environmental Scanning in Higher Education: An Illustration with Applications and Enrollments.
Morcol, Goktug; McLaughlin, Gerald W.
Research in Higher Education, v31 n6 p555-72 Dec 1990
The study proposes using path analysis and residual plotting as methods supporting environmental scanning in strategic planning for higher education institutions. Path models of three levels of independent variables are developed. Dependent variables measuring applications and enrollments at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are used. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Applicants, Enrollment Projections, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Path Analysis, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Environmental Scanning; Residuals (Statistics); Strategic Planning; Virginia Polytechnic Inst and State Univ