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'''Data-informed decision-making''' ('''DIDM''') refers to the [[data collection|collection]] and [[data analysis|analysis]] of [[data]] to guide [[decision-making|decisions]] and improve chances of success.<ref name="ED504191">U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (2009). ''Implementing data-informed decision making in schools: Teacher access, supports and use.'' United States Department of Education (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED504191)</ref> Another form of this process is referred to as data-driven decision-making, "which is defined similarly as making decisions based on hard data as opposed to intuition, observation, or guesswork."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title=Data-Driven Decision Making: 5 Essentials |url=https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/blog/data-driven-decision-making/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Ohio University |language=en-US}}</ref> DIDM is used in [[education]] communities, where data is used with the goal of helping [[student]]s and improving curricula, among other fields in which data is used to inform decisions. While "data based decision-making" is a more common term, "''data-informed'' decision-making" is the preferred term, since decisions should not be based solely on [[quantitative data]].<ref name="ED504191"/><ref>Knapp, M. S., Swinnerton, J. A., Copland, M. A., & Monpas-Hubar, J. (2006). ''Data-informed leadership in education.'' Seattle, WA: Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy.</ref> Data-driven decision-making is commonly used in the context of business growth and entrepreneurship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-22 |title=Data-Driven Decision Making: A Primer for Beginners |url=https://www.northeastern.edu/graduate/blog/data-driven-decision-making/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Northeastern University Graduate Programs |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-25 |title=Three Examples of How Companies Make Data-Driven Decisions |url=https://programs.online.utica.edu/resources/article/data-driven-decisions |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Utica University |language=en-US}}</ref> Many [[educator]]s have access to some type of a [[data system]] for analyzing their students' data.<ref>Aarons, D. (2009). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/202710770 Report finds states on course to build pupil-data systems.] ''Education Week, 29''(13), 6.</ref> These data systems present data to educators in an over-the-counter data format (embedding labels, supplemental documentation, and a help system, making key package/display and content decisions) to improve the success of educators' data-informed decision-making.<ref>Rankin, J. (2013, March 28). [https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/recording/playback/link/table/dropin?sid=2008350&suid=D.4DF60C7117D5A77FE3AED546909ED2 How data Systems & reports can either fight or propagate the data analysis error epidemic, and how educator leaders can help.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326201414/https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/recording/playback/link/table/dropin?sid=2008350&suid=D.4DF60C7117D5A77FE3AED546909ED2 |date=2019-03-26 }} ''Presentation conducted from Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) School Leadership Summit.''</ref> In business, fostering and actively supporting data-driven decision-making in their firm and among their [[colleagues]] may be one of the central responsibilities of CIOs (Chief Information Officers) or CDOs (Chief Data Officers).<ref>Delort P. 2012. [http://www.oecd.org/sti/ieconomy/Session_3_Delort.pdf#page=13 ICCP Technology Foresight Forum - "Harnessing data as a new source of growth: Big data analytics and policies" .] ''OECD, 2012''</ref>