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

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).
Online Availability:	How to Obtain a Restricted Use Data License.
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)
Keywords:	Admissions/Selectivity • Admissions Competitiveness Index • College Selectivity Index • College Admissions Competitiveness Index • College Admissions Selectivity Index • Selectivity Index Higher Education • access and choice in Postsecondary Education • attendance patterns Secondary Education • longitudinal studies
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