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dc.contributor.advisorWalker, Kyle
dc.contributor.authorHuff, Tiffany
dc.date2015-05-01
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-19T15:38:18Z
dc.date.available2016-02-19T15:38:18Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/10352
dc.description.abstract"Big Data," a term that has come to symbolize the data revolution of the twenty-first century, exists in virtually every field across the globe today. Some colleges and universities are now beginning to join this movement through renewed focus on data analytics and geodemographics. Geodemographic variables such as distance, gender, ethnicity, and test scores all factor into where a student decides to go to school and how successful they are there. If properly harnessed in a geographic or spatial context, student information has the potential to provide great insight for institutions. Utilizing geodemographic data, this research seeks to examine the changing landscape of the student body at Texas Christian University between 2005 and 2014 through the use of Geographic Information Systems, interactive computation, and desktop analytical platforms.
dc.subjectgeography
dc.subjectGIS
dc.subjectbig data
dc.subjectinstitutional research
dc.subjectTCU
dc.subjectgeodemographics
dc.titleGeodemographics and Big Data: The Changing Student Landscape at Texas Christian University, 2005-2014
etd.degree.departmentGeography
local.collegeAddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.collegeJohn V. Roach Honors College
local.departmentGeography


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