Annual FTE Program Distributions for
WHP Division 1999 - 2008
Office of Research
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December 17, 2008
This report provides ten-year annual FTE graphs for
each prefix or program within the WHP Division and for the
Division overall. Division totals include FTE from prefixes
assigned to the division on a year-by-year basis only. Each
graph shows both a prefix graph (with scale on the left) and an
overall Harper graph (with scale on the right). Following the
graphs, a table containing FTE values for each prefix is
provided. Data were obtained from the Registrar’s Office.
A significant result indicates the presence of a
significant linear component. A non-significant result indicates
either the FTE changed very little from year to year or no linear
trend was present.
It should be noted that the left vertical axes on the
graphs are set to different scales depending on the course prefix
annual FTE. What may appear to be a steeper decline on a
graph as compared to another graph may not be steeper due to
the vertical scale.
Each graph has 10-year (1999-2008) and 5-year (20042008) standardized beta coefficients for linear trends reported.
Trends significant at the .05 level are followed by *, trends
significant at the .01 level are followed by **, and trends not
significantly different from 0 (a horizontal line) are followed
by ns. The standardized beta coefficients were obtained from
linear regression analyses although some of the graphs are
clearly not linear. Standardized coefficients were used to allow
comparison of coefficients. Standardized beta coefficients
range from –1 to +1 with zero indicating enrollment was steady
(neither increasing nor decreasing by very much). Negative
values indicate downward trends; positive values indicate
upward trends.
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Some general comments related to the graphs are given
below:
The overall 10-year Harper trend and the Harper 5year trend were significantly positive. The WHP 10year and 5-year trends were significantly positive.
PED prefix annual FTE graphs had significant 10year and 5-year upward trends.
None of the WHP prefix annual FTE graphs
exhibited 10-year or 5-year significant downward
trends.
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December 17, 2008
Ten Year FTE for WHP and Harper
Ten Year FTE for PED and Harper
400.00
400.00
22000.00
350.00
350.00
20000.00
150.00
16000.00
14000.00
HARPER
10-yr B =.979**
5-yr B =.917*
150.00
12000.00
.00
WHP
10-yr B =.792**
5-yr B =.897*
200.00
100.00
50.00
18000.00
250.00
16000.00
14000.00
HARPER
10-yr B =.979**
5-yr B =.917*
12000.00
50.00
.00
10000.00
HARPER FTE
PED
10-yr B =.948**
5-yr B =.898*
200.00
WHP FTE
18000.00
250.00
HARPER FTE
PED FTE
20000.00
300.00
300.00
100.00
22000.00
10000.00
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
YEAR
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
YEAR
*Significant at the .05 level. **Significant at the .01 level.
YEAR
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
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HARPER
16233.55
16556.64
16894.17
17453.43
18073.03
19366.49
20464.40
20836.61
20921.20
21242.94
PED
272.83
263.53
253.43
279.07
307.03
319.20
331.70
358.30
355.23
359.00
2
WHP
320.70
301.13
293.30
279.54
307.03
319.27
331.90
358.63
355.56
359.27
December 17, 2008