BCSSE Report Builder: FYI
Here are all the tips, suggestions, and notes to help you make the most of the BCSSE Report Builder:
Welcome Page
- To protect the identities of institutions represented in the data, institutions will not be listed or named in this report builder. Results will only be given in aggregate form.
- A minimum of six institutions and 250 students are required for results to be produced.
- Only U.S. institutions are included.
Step 1: Select Report Variables
- We restrict the frequency reports to three sets of items to maintain the speed of the report builder. Feel free to run additional reports and select other sets of items.
Step 2: Select a Column Variable
- If you select an institution characteristic as a column variable, then each column in the results must have at least six institutions. For other column variables, only the total number of institutions returned must be more than six.
Step 3: Select Institutions
- If you selected an institution characteristic as a column variable, then each column in your result set must have at least six institutions. For other column variables, only the total number of institutions returned must be more than six.
- Some criteria in combination include very few institutions. For example, you cannot produce a report of small or medium-sized doctorate-granting universities.
- To maintain all institutions within a particular category (including those with missing data), be sure the category box is unselected.
Step 4: Select Students
- For stable results, the number of students included in the results must be greater than 250.
- Some criteria in combination include very few institutions. For example, you cannot produce a report of first-generation, American Indian/Alaskan Native males who earned B+ or lower grades.
- To maintain all students within a particular category (including those with missing data), be sure the category box is unselected.