Triangulating Novel Mixed-Method Educational Data to Develop Effective, Evidence-Based Policy
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The UBDC’s Education and labour markets group has employed a spectrum of complementary quantitative and qualitative methods, often blurring the lines between, to address educational inequalities, with a view to informing the development of more effective policy solutions to the educational attainment gaps at all stages of life-long/life-wide education in Scotland and elsewhere.
In this session, we used examples from the work of the UBDC’s Education work package to illustrate the impact of a range of the mixed-methods approaches, namely using:
- Novel data linkages
- Multivariate regression
- GIS mapping
- Searchable Twitter dashboards
- Lived experience interviews
Such approaches were demonstrated by using three projects which have already generated impact in academic, media and government policy domains:
- Integrated Multimedia City Data (iMCD) as applied to adult learning and greenspace in Learning Cities
- Open data to demonstrate educational inequalities during the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) exam moderation as linked to measures of deprivation
- Exploration of food insecurity of older adults in Scotland and effectiveness of food support services to tackled these inequalities
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Triangulating Novel Mixed-Method Educational Data to Develop Effective, Evidence-Based Policy
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