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Mark, Kevin; Karmel, Tom – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This paper estimates vocational education and training (VET) course-completion rates, in order to fill a gap in performance measures for the VET sector. The technique the authors use is to track all VET course enrolments within a three-year window, centred on the year of interest. Then, using an absorbing Markov chain model for a VET course…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Qualifications, Vocational Education, Models
Karmel, Tom; Mark, Kevin; Mlotkowski, Peter – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This technical paper examines some large and unusual movements for data in the 2007 VET (Vocational Education Training) Provider Collection by comparison with 2006. Changes in the patterns of courses undertaken explain most of the divergence between students, enrolments and hours. Appendices include: (1) Derivation of the decomposition; (2) Tables…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Research Reports