adm_data_prep: Admissions Data Preperation

In jstrin/PhDProfiles: Group of Functions for the Creation of PhD Profiles at Boston University

Description

adm_data_prep takes an export from the ADW report A2.2 with each row representing a single year, semester, snapshot date, and hegis; Variables are Applications, Admitted, Accepted Offers, Declined Offers, Rejected, Registered, Matriculants. There is no degree level or degree program; Data should be filtered to PhD program apps prior to export

Usage

adm_data_prep(dfAdm, Col, HEGIS, appVar = Applications,
  admitVar = Admitted, AcAcVar = Accepted.Offers,
  matVar = Matriculants, semYearVar = Applied.To.Year.Semester,
  colVar = Graduate.Application.College, HEGISVar = HEGIS.Code.1,
  HEGISdescVar = Graduate.Application.HEGIS)

Arguments

dfAdm	a dataframe imported from ADW report A2.2
Col	character string college abbreviation
HEGIS	hegis number; provided as a number or character string if there are fewer than 4 digits, a leading zero will be added
appVar	name of column containing the count of applications. Provided either bare (unquoted) or in open quotes. Default value is Applications
admitVar	name of column containing the count of extedended offers. Provided either bare (unquoted) or in open quotes. Default value is Admitted
AcAcVar	name of column containing the count of mutual accepts (e.g. students who accepted the offer of admission) Provided either bare (unquoted) or in open quotes. Default value is Accepted.Offers
matVar	name of column containg the count of matriculated students. Provided either bare (unquoted) or in open quotes. Default value is Matriculated
semYearVar	name of column containing the Semester and Year of admission. Provided either bare (unquoted) or in open quotes. Default value is Applied.To.Year.Semester
colVar	name of column containing the 3 character college abbreviation. Provided either bare (unquoted) or in open quotes. Default value is Graduate.Application.College
HEGISVar	name of column containing the HEGIS code. Provided either bare (unquoted) or in open quotes. Default value is HEGIS.Code.1
HEGISdescVar	name of column containing the HEGIS description. Provided either bare (unquoted) or in open quotes. Default value is Graduate.Application.HEGIS

Value

A dataframe filtered to the college and hegis supplied with four additional columns Selectivity is the number of admitted students divided by the total number of applicants; AppYear is the calendar year of the semester of application; dApps is the difference between current year and previous year apps; pApps is the percentage change from the previous year to to the current year in applications dEnroll is the difference between the current year and the prvious year matriculants pEnroll is the percentage change from the previous year to the current year in matriculants

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