Data-Driven Decision Making in Practice: The NCAA Injury Surveillance System

Autor/inn/en	Klossner, David; Corlette, Jill; Agel, Julie; Marshall, Stephen W.
Titel	Data-Driven Decision Making in Practice: The NCAA Injury Surveillance System
Quelle	In: New Directions for Institutional Research, (2009) 144, S.53-63 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-0579
Schlagwörter	College Athletics; Injuries; Decision Making; Data; Management Information Systems; Use Studies; Theory Practice Relationship; Safety; Data Analysis; Sampling; Professional Associations; Information Policy; Institutional Research; Performance Factors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College athletes; Collegesport; Hochschulsport; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Daten; Managementinformationssystem; Benutzerschulung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Sicherheit; Auswertung; Informationspolitik; Institutionelle Forschung; Leistungsindikator
Abstract	Putting data-driven decision making into practice requires the use of consistent and reliable data that are easily accessible. The systematic collection and maintenance of accurate information is an important component in developing policy and evaluating outcomes. Since 1982, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has been collecting injury and exposure data from a sample of member institutions through the Injury Surveillance System (ISS). These data inform policy decisions made by NCAA committees and external organizations charged with overseeing the health and safety of student athletes. These data also provide individual institutions with injury information for campus-based evaluations of student athletes' welfare. The ISS example in this chapter illustrates how data-driven decision making can be applied to other aspects of intercollegiate athletics. The ISS demonstrates how elements such as variable definitions and sampling schemes are key features for developing longitudinal data sets that can be used to inform decision making and evaluate the impact of policy change. The chapter also describes the challenges and trade-offs of data collection based largely on voluntary cooperation among member institutions. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10