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The Development and Validation of Data Transformat

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The core functions of information technology — data storage, data processing and data retrieval — have become part of the basic infrastructure of business. Justification for the advantages of computing technology has moved from a data processing approach to a business-driven approach. Data Warehousing is a concept that supports this business-driven approach. The primary objective of a data warehouse is to facilitate management in the decision-making process. This is achieved by turning raw operational data into strategic information for decision making. Quality assurance is an important area of decision making in higher education. Data warehousing offers the possibility of utilising the large quantities of detailed student data held by institutions of higher education to support decision making in the quality assurance area. This chapter (the major thesis for a Masters Degree in Information Systems) describes work in progress on an investigation into data warehousing using student data.

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  1. School of Business, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland

    Claire Lally

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  1. Phelim Murnion
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  1. Business Information Systems Group J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Chris Barry

  2. Business Information Systems Group J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Michael Lang

  3. Department of Electrical Computer Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr. MEC 202C, Boise, ID, 83725-2075, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski

  4. Business Information Systems Group J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Kieran Conboy

  5. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr. MEC 202C, Boise, ID, 83725-2075, USA

    Gregory Wojtkowski

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Murnion, P., Lally, C. (2009). The Development and Validation of Data Transformat. In: Barry, C., Lang, M., Wojtkowski, W., Conboy, K., Wojtkowski, G. (eds) Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78578-3_43

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