attrition_data_prep_parameterized: Attrition Data Preperation

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

Description

attrition_data_prep modifies the PhD Attrition by Hegis report and returns a dataframe that is ready for plotting by calculatiing totals and attrition rates

Usage

attrition_data_prep_parameterized(dfAttrition_report, college_var = Col,
  hegiscd_var = Hegis.Cd, hegisdesc_var = Hegis.Description,
  cohort_var = Cohort.Year, WoMA_var = Without.MA..8,
  wMA_var = With.MA..9)

Arguments

dfAttrition_report

a copy of the 'PhD Attrtion by Hegis Code Template - AY[AY] thru [AY] - [date]' report imported from the xlsx

Value

A list of dataframes: one with one column with one row per program/cohort (dfAttrition_wide), and one with one row per program/cohort and exit pathway (dfAttrition_long)

Shared Variables:

• Col is the college;

• Hegis.Cd is HEGIS code of the phd program;

• Hegis.Description is the HEGIS description fo the phd program;

• Cohort.Year is the academic year of the entering cohort e.g., 02-03 is the cohort that began in Fall 2002;

• Cohort.Size number of students in the entering cohort;

dfAttrition_wide variables:

• Without.MA[__n] number of students who left in a given year in the n + 1 year in program without a Masters or PhD

• Stop.Out[__n] number of students who left in a given year in the n + 1 year in program but returned at a later date

• PhD.Degree[__n] number of students who left in a given year in the n + 1 year in program with a PhD

• Continuing[__n] number of students who continued from year n + 1 to year n + 2

• Info.Unknown[__n] number of students in the n + 1 year in program that we were not able to find information on

• Without.MA[__n] number of students who left in a given year in the n + 1 year in program without a Masters or PhD

• Without.MA_yr[n] is the number of phd students who left by the end of year n without a Masters degree or a PhD

• With.MA_yr[n] is the number of phd students who left by the end of year n with a Masters degree and without a PhD

• Total_yr[n] is the number of phd students who left by the end of year n without a PhD

dfAttrition_long variables:

• AcadYear numeric variable indicating the academic year of the entering cohort (e.g., "02-03" would have a value of 2003)

• Pathyear string/character variable where the first part indicates the path of exit (with MA, without MA, total) and the second part indicates the year in program

• Count numeric varialbe indicating the cumulative number of students who exited the program in the given path by the year in program

• Year string/character variable indicating the year in program

• Path string/character variable indicating the path of exit

• Per.Cohort string/character indicating the percentage of the cohort that exited the program in the given path by the year in program

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