Databusting for schools : how to use and interpret education data

Author

• Selfridge, Richard

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi: Sage Publications Ltd, 2018

Language

English

ISBN

9781473963504

Series

Subject(s)

• BIG DATA
• EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
• EDUCATION-DATA PROCESSING

Notes

. Bibliography: p.251-252. Index: p.253-262

Abstract

Data rules schools and ignorance is far from bliss. From assessment results to questioning educational claims, there is a growing need to understand the numbers used in education. Education data blogger and teacher Richard Selfridge (aka Jack Marwood) unravels the complexities of dealing with educational data and explains statistics in an understandable, everyday way, relevant to your classroom and your school. He will take you through all you need to know about data and statistics in education including: Where does education data come from? -- The what, why and how of numbers -- Understanding different types of graphs and how to use them -- How to play around with data to see the bigger picture -- How to interpret data, does one thing really lead to another? -- Using data to inform school policy. A must-read for all teachers, school leaders, data managers, school governors, and anyone in education who has ever looked at statistical data and broken out into a cold sweat.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

ix, 262p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Databusting for Schools - an introduction to using and interpreting education data --
Gathering education data – Where does it come from? --
Understanding numerical data in education – the what, how and why of numbers --
Understanding variables – the what and how of information --
Descriptive statistics – Where are we now? --
Inferential statistics – What does the bigger picture look like? --
Correlational statistics – Does one thing really lead to another? --
Critically appraising statistics – Using what you have learnt --
Data-based school research and policy – using data to understand and change education --
The data debate – the ongoing discussion about numbers in education

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