IPEDS Tools

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IPEDS Tools

• SHEEO/NCES Network Conference IPEDS Workshop
  3/30/04John MilamHigherEd.org, Inc.

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Dataset Cutting Tool (DCT)

• Part of the PAS its 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
• Doesnt have all the bells whistles
• Quickly creates customized datasets, w/ read
  programs for SAS, SPSS, STATA a customized
  data dictionary w/ statistics

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IPEDS Glossary

• Now available live athttp//nces.ed.gov/ipeds/gl
  ossary
• 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

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Peer Tool for Novices (PTN)

• Part of the PAS with the same general interface
  look and feel
• Design to whet the users 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

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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

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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

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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

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Data in IPEDS Tools