| Title: | Documentation for the Restricted-Use NCES-Barron's Admissions Competitiveness Index Data Files:1972, 1982, 1992, 2004, and 2008 |
| Description: | Data file documentation (NCES 2010-330) describes the Barron’s Admissions Selector for 1972, 1982, 1992, 2004, and 2008 (in NCES 2010-331) and the procedure followed in assigning HEGIS FICE and IPEDS UNITID codes to the institutions listed in Barron’s. This documentation also provides example SAS programs for merging the NCES−Barron’s Competitive Index Data files with NLS-72, HS&B, NELS:88, ELS-2002 and BPS longitudinal studies as well as a number of issues to assist the researcher. This data documentation accompanies the NCES−Barron’s Admissions Competitiveness Index Data Files (NCES 2010-331). |
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| Cover Date: | November 2009 |
| Web Release: | December 2, 2009 |
| Publication #: | NCES 2010330 Restricted Data Licenses |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Carl M. Schmitt |
| Type of Product: | User's Manual/Data File Documentation |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS) High School and Beyond (HS&B) National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) National Longitudinal Study of the H.S. Class of 1972 (NLS-72) |
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