| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| Institut | U.S. Universities participating in the 1993 NRC Study. |
| univcode | Three or four letter code for the institution. These are not official codes, however they are all distinct. |
| rate93q | 1993 trimmed mean for scholarly quality of program faculty. The trimmed mean is obtained by dropping the two highest and two lowest scores on the survey before computing the average. For purposes of analysis, scores were converted to a scale of 0 to 5, with 0 denoting "Not sufficient for doctoral education" and 5 denoting "Distinguished." Source: NRC National Survey of Graduate Faculty. |
| rate93e | 1993 trimmed mean for program effectiveness in educating research sholars and scientists. The trimmed mean is obtained by dropping the two highest and two lowest scores on the survey before computing the average. For purposes of analysis, scores were converted to a scale of 0 to 5, with 0 denoting "Not sufficient for doctoral education" and 5 denoting "Distinguished." Source: NRC National Survey of Graduate Faculty. |
| rate93c | 1993 trimmed mean for change in program quality in the last five years. The trimmed mean is obtained by dropping the two highest and two lowest scores on the survey before computing the average. For purposes of analysis, scores were converted to a scale of 0 to 5, with 0 denoting "Not sufficient for doctoral education" and 5 denoting "Distinguished." Source: NRC National Survey of Graduate Faculty. |
| totfac | Total number of faculty participating in the program. Source: Institutional Coordinators. |
| fullfac | Percentage of full professors participating in the program. Source: Institutional Coordinators. |
| suppfac | Percentage of program faculty with research support in the period 1988 to 1992. Source: Institut of Scientific Information. |
| pubfac | Percentage of program faculty publishing in the period 1988 to 1992. Source: Institute of Scientific Information. |
| pub_fac | The ratio of the total number of program publications in the period 1988-1992 to the number of program faculty. Source: Institute of Scientific Information. |
| ginipub | Gini coefficient for program publications, 1988-1992. The Gini coefficient is an indicator of the concentration of publications on a small number of the program faculty during the period 1988-1992. The largest possible value, or maxumum concentration, is 100 (only one individual int he program registered a positive count); the smallest value, or minimum concentration is 100/Fac (All the total faculty in the program contribute equally). Source: Institute of Scientific Information. |
| cite_fac | The ratio of the total number of program citations in the period 1988-1992 to the number of program faculty. Source: Insititute of Scientific Information. |
| gini_cit | Gini coefficient for program citations, 1988-1992. The Gini coefficient on a small number of the program faculty during the period 1988-1992. The largest possible value, or maximum concentration, is 100 (only one individual int eh program registered a positive count); the smallest value, or minimum concentration, is 100/Fac (All the faculty int he program contribute equally). Source: Institute of Scientific Information. |
| totstu | The number of full and part time graduate students enrolled in the Fall of 1992. Source: Institutional Coordinators. |
| pctfem | The percentage of full and part time female graudate students enrolled in the Fall of 1992. Source: Institutional Coordinators. |
| phds | The number of PhDs produced by that program for the academic year 1987-1988 to 1991-1992. Source: Institutional Coordinators. |
| docfem | The percentage of PhDs awarded to woment during the period July 1986-June 1992. Source: Doctorate Records File. |
| docmin | The percentage of PhDs known to be awarded to underrepresented minorities (only U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents) during the period July 1986-June 1992. Source: Doctorate Records File. |
| docus | The percentage of PhDs known to be awarded to U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents during the period July 1986 - June 1992 Source: Doctorate Records File. |
| docra | The percentage of PhDs having research assistantships who reported their primary form of support. Source: Doctorate Records File. |
| docta | The percentage of PhDs having teaching assistantships who reported their primary form of support. Source: Doctorate Records File. |
| myd | Median time lapse from entering graduate school to receipt of Ph.D. in years. This is a distributed median with multiple degrees awarded in the median year proportioned over the year. Source: Doctorate Records File. |