应用定量方法进行大学研究之初探

Application of Quantitative Methods of University Research Study

大学研究是通过搜集、分析、总结大学发展历史、现状与趋势的各种信息或数据,以促进对高等教育的理解、计划的制定以及管理。由于大学研究的基本特征是信息或数据的搜集、分析与总结,因此,这一特征也决定了大学研究中使用定量方法的必要与可行性。首先就定量方法在大学研究中的作用进行分析,然后论述如何将定量方法有效地应用于大学研究中,以期为中国的大学研究提供可借鉴的模式。

University study is to promote the understanding of the higher education,the plan making and management through the collection,analysis,summary of all kinds of information and the data of the university development history,present situation and trend.Because the basic characteristics of the university is the information or data collection,analysis and summary,this characteristic also determines the feasibility of the university study using quantitative method.This paper analyzed the function of the quantitative method in the study of university and then discussed how to effectively apply this method to the study of university hoping to provide a referential pattern for Chinese university research.