Article ID: | iaor19942248 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 100 |
End Page Number: | 104 |
Publication Date: | May 1994 |
Journal: | Interfaces |
Authors: | Troutt Marvin D. |
Keywords: | planning |
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale relied on a simple population mathematics model and a data model used with an existing data base (both models were of the quick-and-dirty variety) to obtain a credible range in estimating the costs of offering a tuition rebate for faculty children. These models together provided useful estimates at less cost than a survey. Quick, in this case, did not imply dirty.