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Autor/in | Atcha, Haroon |
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Institution | Association for Institutional Research (AIR) |
Titel | Process Tracing for the Institutional Researcher. The AIR Professional File, Spring 2022. Article 157 |
Quelle | (2022), (18 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
ISSN | 2155-7535 |
Schlagwörter | Researchers; Higher Education; Educational Research; Case Studies; Research Methodology; Institutional Evaluation; Data Collection; Attribution Theory; Inferences; Organizational Effectiveness; Work Study Programs; Validity; Evidence; Student Participation; Administrator Attitudes; Marketing; Student Needs; Program Effectiveness; Stakeholders; Department Heads; Enrollment; Communications; Knowledge Level; College Students Researcher; Forscher; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Data capture; Datensammlung; Inference; Inferenz; Unternehmenserfolg; Gültigkeit; Evidenz; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Einschulung; Nachrichtenwesen; Wissensbasis; Collegestudent |
Abstract | Institutional researchers are often tasked with assessing why college-wide initiatives succeed or fail. This can be a difficult task: researchers need to discriminate between multiple feasible explanations, work with limited data, and produce compelling narratives. Process tracing is a qualitative methodology that enables researchers to make valid inferences in such circumstances. Process tracing focuses the researcher's attention on the sequence connecting cause and effect. It involves articulating a working theory, generating hypotheses, collecting data, assessing competing hypotheses, revising theory, and producing a narrative connecting cause and effect. This paper describes how to use process tracing for institutional research. It begins by summarizing key concepts, uses a simulated case study to give a brief overview of process tracing, discusses the importance of evidence and transparency in implementing the method, and concludes with a summary of the benefits of process tracing. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2024/1/01 |