DATASET

Documentation for the Restricted-Use NCES-Barron's Admissions Competitiveness Index Data Files:1972, 1982, 1992, 2004, and 2008

Dataset point of contact:
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Release date:
December 2009
Publication number:
NCES 2010330
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Summary
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).
Data profile information
Metadata Description
Study/Program
BPS - Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study,
ELS - Education Longitudinal Study of 2002,
HS&B - High School & Beyond,
NELS:88 - National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988,
NLS-72 National Longitudinal Study of the H.S. Class of 1972
Data access
Restricted-use