Data mining in action
Subtitle: case studies of enrollment management
By: Jing Luan, Chun-Mei Zhao, editors
Contributors: Luan, Jing; Zhao, Chunmei
Series: New directions for institutional research -- no. 131
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: College attendance -- Statistics -- Case studies; School enrollment -- Statistics -- Case studies; Data mining -- Research; Data mining -- Evaluation
Notes: "Fall 2006."

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Data mining : going beyond traditional statistics -- Chun-Mei Zhao, -- Jing Luan; value: Estimating student retention and degree-completion time : decision trees and neural networks vis-à-vis regression -- Serge Herzog; value: Considering student mobility in retention outcomes -- Sutee Sujitparapitaya; value: Applying data mining to predict college admissions yield : a case study -- Lin Chang; value: Expanding the role of institutional research at small private universities : a case in enrollment management using data mining -- Christopher M. Anton, -- Elliot N. Maltz; value: Using data mining to explore which students use advanced placement to reduce time to degree -- Paul W. Eykamp; value: Let the data talk : developing models to explain IPEDS graduation rates -- Brenda L. Bailey; value: Practicing data mining for enrollment management and beyond-- Jing Luan,-- Chun-Mei Zhao