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IPEDS Tools. SHEEO/NCES Network Conference & IPEDS Workshop 3/30/04 John Milam HigherEd.org, Inc. Dataset Cutting Tool (DCT). Part of the PAS & it’s LIVE! At http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas Replaces the “Dump a dataset” feature Replaces the IPEDS Electronic Code Book
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IPEDS Tools SHEEO/NCES Network Conference & IPEDS Workshop 3/30/04John MilamHigherEd.org, Inc.
Dataset Cutting Tool (DCT) • Part of the PAS & it’s LIVE! Athttp://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas • Replaces the “Dump a dataset” feature • Replaces the IPEDS Electronic Code Book • Designed as an alternative within the PAS • Includes all IPEDS data; will make derived variables available when finalized • Doesn’t have all the bells & whistles • Quickly creates customized datasets, w/ read programs for SAS, SPSS, & STATA & a customized data dictionary w/ statistics
IPEDS Glossary • Now available live at:http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary • Almost 500 terms • Simple string search of terms or definitions • View terms by # or letter • See links in definitions to other terms • See related terms • See all listings in PDF format
Peer Tool for Novices (PTN) • Part of the PAS with the same general interface & “look and feel” • Design to whet the user’s appetite for data, hopefully leading them to use the PAS • Presents a simple, step-by-step process: 1) identify a starting or linchpin institution2) pick peers3) pick the data they want4) view a report • Requires creating derived variables of policy interest; but includes only a subset
Peer Tool for Novices - cont. • Provides data at institution level, up to 100 schools at a time • Limited options for picking peer schools1) pick by name2) automatic peer generation ala NPEC2) selection criteria • Data are presented in topics, like the taxonomy in ANSWERS • View data online only, 8 variables at a time • Reports for statistics & data, w/ ranking
Data Analysis System (DAS) • An independent app, not part of the PAS • Let users dynamically generate summary tables for one year of final IPEDS data • Does not provide individual school data, only aggregate estimates • Identical in interface & utility to the DAS-OL applications for postsec sample surveys • Save queries w/ Table Parameter Files (TPFs) • Requires creating derived variables of policy interest; but includes only a subset
Data Analysis System (DAS) - cont. • Provide sums, counts, & percentage estimates for tables structured with rows and columns • Include by-column specs & spanner specs for groups of IPEDS schools with user-defined filters • Make cuts in continuous variables - to identify ranges of values to form subgroups • Make lumps of categorical variables - to select or regroup the categories