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Identify post-baccalaureate terms

Source: R/post_bacc_terms.R
post_bacc_terms.Rd

To a data frame keyed by student ID and containing an academic term variable, add a column that clusters terms with respect to a student's first degree term. Post-baccalaureate terms are typically excluded from the term, course, and degree data tables.

Usage

post_bacc_terms(dframe, midfield_rec = degree)

Arguments

dframe

Data frame or data frame extension (e.g., data.table or tibble). Required variables: {mcid} and one of {term, term_course, term_degree}.

midfield_rec

MIDFIELD records degree data frame or data frame extension. Required variables: {mcid, term_degree}.

Value

Data frame with the following properties:

  • Data frame class is preserved. Groups and keys are not preserved.

  • Rows are not modified.

  • Columns are not modified except new columns overwrite old columns of the same name. New columns:

    • first_degree_term.   Character. Term of a student's first baccalaureate, encoded YYYYT or, if no degree recorded, NA. Joined from midfield_rec$term_degree.

    • term_cluster.   Character, indicating that a term belongs to one of three clusters: terms that are prior to ("pre-degree"), equal to ("first-degree"), or subsequent to ("post-first-degree") the student’s first degree term.

Details

In a typical analysis, one is interested in a student's progress up to and including the term in which they earn their first degree or degrees. Any terms later than the first baccalaureate can usually be excluded from study.

Examples


# Examples TBD
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