Process Tracing for the Institutional Researcher. The AIR Professional File, Spring 2022. Article 157

Autor/in	Atcha, Haroon
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) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 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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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01