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Micro-Level Enrollment Projections: A Study Involving The Parish Of Hanover, Jamaica, E G. Marshalleck
Micro-Level Enrollment Projections: A Study Involving The Parish Of Hanover, Jamaica, E G. Marshalleck
Master's Theses
Problem
While global forecasts of pupil populations are vital to educational planning, projections at micro-level are even more pertinent to detailed planning. In Jamaica, the need for local level forecasts becomes particularly apparent every September, when there is great pressure from would-be pupils on urban school accommodation.
Method
The review of literature was aimed at identifying projection methods feasible for micro-level applications. The following three methods, identified by Webster (1969) as about the most efficient of seventeen ratio and regression methods of pupil projection which he investigated, were selected for testing on data for the parish of Hanover, Jamaica: Transition …