Using Student Data Analysis Based on Eduinformatics for Criteria in Institutional Research

Abstract

Eduinformatics" is a new field of education that combines both education and informatics. In this article, we propose new criteria by which to utilize university student data in Institutional Research (IR). We define "primary data," which is uncombined data and "secondary data," which is a combination of primary or secondary data. Moreover, we present examples in which primary data were used to detect elements that could not be founded through the analysis of secondary data and were pitfalls of comparative analysis performed by IR practitioners.