SHSU
Office of Institutional
Effectiveness
OVERVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH SERVICES AND RESOURCES
2014
Key Functions - Office of Institutional Effectiveness
- Administrative Program Review
- Legislative Relations
- Institutional Research
Online Data Resources
Institutional Data Resources
Institutional Tracking Studies
Data Cookbook
ONLINE DATA RESOURCES
Institutional Research - Online Data Resources/IPEDS
◦ College Navigator - http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=sam+houston+state&s=all
Institutional Research - Online Data Resources/THECB
◦ THECB Profile Reports Electronically Produced (PREP) http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/PREP_New/
◦ THECB Accountability http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/Accountability/default.
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Institutional Research - Online Data Resources/IPEDS & THECB
◦ College Measures - http://esm.collegemeasures.org/esm/texas/school/profile/Sam-Houston-State-University-(TX)
INSTITUTIONAL DATA RESOURCES
Institutional Research – Institutional Data Resources
http://www.shsu.edu/dept/institutional-effectiveness/publications.html
• SHSU Fact Book - Fall data only; contains 6 years of data
• Common Data Set - Fall data only; available back to 2002
• IPEDS data
• Certified Data - taken from state reports; contains only reportable students from census day
• Frozen Data - snapshot data taken each semester on the census day; contains all enrolled
students from census day
• Live Data - taken from Cognos/ODS and is reflective of the day in time when the data are queried
• Used for address information, current major, end of term GPA
• IE Work Order Form - http://www.shsu.edu/~ird_www/workorder/index.php
INSTITUTIONAL TRACKING STUDIES
Institutional Research – Institutional Tracking Studies
Currently Tracked Student Cohorts
Bearkat Learning Community
VIP
Freshman Learning Community
MAPP
First-Year Experience
First Alert
Bearkat Camp
HELP
SHSU Elite
Developmental Math
Study Skills
Forward Program
Project CONNECT
Foundations of Science (FoS)
McNair
Honors College
Institutional Research – Institutional Tracking Studies
Student Cohort Tracking
Retention Rate
Non-SAM 136
SAM 136
Non-LC
LC
FLC
BLC
Non-Prep
Prep
Non-Risk
Risk
Composite
# of
# of
# of
# of
# of
# of
1 year
2 year
3 year
4 year
5 year
6 year
# of std in students
students
students
students
students
students
retention
retention
retention
retention
retention
retention
F06
retained in
retained in
retained in
retained in
retained in
retained in
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
F07
F08
F09
F10
F11
F12
1708
1181
69%
1020
60%
932
55%
516
30%
242
14%
67
4%
516
377
73%
303
59%
272
53%
160
31%
42
8%
22
4%
2059
1430
69%
1219
59%
1106
54%
624
30%
258
13%
81
4%
165
128
78%
104
63%
98
59%
52
32%
26
16%
8
5%
76
61
80%
49
64%
45
59%
25
33%
13
17%
2
3%
89
67
75%
55
62%
53
60%
27
30%
13
15%
6
7%
1851
1288
70%
1106
60%
1004
54%
554
30%
233
13%
73
4%
373
270
72%
217
58%
200
54%
122
33%
51
14%
16
4%
1383
982
71%
846
61%
775
56%
417
30%
179
13%
52
4%
841
580
69%
477
57%
437
52%
259
31%
105
12%
37
4%
2224
1558
70%
1323
59%
1204
54%
676
30%
284
13%
89
4%
Institutional Research – Institutional Tracking Studies
Outcome Analysis
Study Skills Pre to Post LASSI Scale Comparison by Series
Pre Mean
Series 1
LASSI
LASSI
LASSI
LASSI
LASSI
LASSI
LASSI
LASSI
LASSI
LASSI
ANX Scale
ATT Scale
CON Scale
INP Scale
M0T Scale
SFT Scale
SMI Scale
STA Scale
TMT Scale
TST Scale
Post Mean
22.50
31.46
24.37
25.86
28.42
22.01
25.91
23.05
22.52
27.12
Mean
Difference
26.87
33.60
29.10
30.20
32.49
27.31
29.88
27.92
27.84
30.63
4.37
2.14
4.73
4.33
4.07
5.30
3.97
4.86
5.33
3.51
Study Skills GPA Comparison
Pre GPA Mean
Series I
Series II
One on One
Online
All Series
1.90
2.07
1.90
2.80
2.02
Post GPA Mean
2.24
2.28
2.24
2.88
2.30
Difference GPA
Mean
0.34
0.22
0.38
0.08
0.28
P-Value
0.0078
0.2156
0.0000
0.0001
0.0000
P-Value
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
Institutional Research – Institutional Tracking Studies
Outcome Comparison Groups
Fall 2013 Cohort - SHSU Elite vs SHSU Elite Control
(Updated for Spring 2014 Semester)
SHSU Elite Control
N
Valid
African American
Hispanic
All Ethnicities
African American
Hours
Hispanic
Completed
All Ethnicities
African American
Difference* Hispanic
All Ethnicities
African American
GPA
Hispanic
All Ethnicities
African American
Completion
Hispanic
Rate**
All Ethnicities
Hours
Attempted
Mean
Missing
30
8
73
30
8
73
30
8
73
30
8
73
30
8
73
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31.23
36.88
31.25
26.33
32.25
26.95
4.90
4.63
4.30
2.29
2.59
2.46
0.82
0.86
0.84
SHSU Elite Students
Std.
Deviation
9.78
9.36
10.46
11.41
10.81
10.99
4.98
4.27
4.84
0.72
0.73
0.74
0.19
0.16
0.18
N
Valid
Mean
Missing
36
10
73
36
10
73
36
10
73
36
10
73
36
10
73
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28.75
42.30
36.59
25.75
39.80
33.79
3.00
2.50
2.79
2.57
3.12
2.77
0.89
0.94
0.92
Std.
Deviation
4.49
20.86
17.45
6.01
19.51
17.18
3.37
3.75
3.55
0.76
0.56
0.68
0.13
0.11
0.11
P-Value
0.1780
0.5060
0.0264
0.7910
0.3430
0.0047
0.0700
0.2780
0.0337
0.1300
0.1000
0.0099
0.0990
0.2240
0.0057
NOTE: The SHSU Elite Control was selected by completing a random sample from all the Male African American or Hispanic Student who were within the same
SAT Score range as the SHSU Elite SAT Scores. This SHSU Elite Control group is carried over from the Fall 2013 Cohort.
*Difference is computed for each student by the following formula: Difference = Hours Attempted - Hours Completed.
**Completion Rate is computed for each student by the following formula: Completion Rate = Hours Completed/Hours Attempted.
The SHSU Elite Students have statistically significant higher Hours Attempted for all ethnicities, Hours Completed for all
ethnicities, GPA for all ethnicities, Completion Rate for African American students and all ethnicities than the SHSU Elite
CONCLUSION: Control students. The SHSU Elite Students also have statistically significant lower Hours Difference for African American and all
ethnicities students than the SHSU Elite Control students. This means that the SHSU Elite Students completed more of the
hours that they attempted than the SHSU Elite Control Students.
DATA COOKBOOK
Institutional Research Data Cookbook
Self-service site for reviewing inventory of
Cognos reports and terms within the reports.
Data Cookbook is used to:
o Locate and access reports (specifications)
o Determine which terms (definitions) are in a report
o Determine which department owns a given report
o Request a new report
Information Found in Data Cookbook
Specifications (Reports)
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Purpose
Description
Report Owner
Data System
Specification Type
Access Details
Additional Information
Definitions (Terms)
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Functional Definition
Technical Definitions
Synonyms
Related Specifications
Institutional Research –
http://shsu.datacookbook.com
Locating Specifications in Data Cookbook
1. Hover over the “Specifications” tab and choose
“Browse Specifications.”
2. This shows a list of all available specifications.
Click on a specification title to view more info.
Running Reports from Data Cookbook
1. Click on the link located within the “Overview.”
2. Log in to Cognos and arrive at the prompt page.
SHSU INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS CONTACTS
For all Department Services/Resources:
Donna Artho, artho@shsu.edu, 4-3101
Amanda Clark, aclark@shsu.edu, 4-3619
For Tracking Study Information:
Rebecca Bowyer, bowyer@shsu.edu, 4-4433
For Data Cookbook Information:
Jessica Collier, jessica.collier@shsu.edu, 4-2792
Prepared by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness for presentation to SHSU Academic Resource Centers team, June 2014.