PUA5304 Unit III Scholarly Activity

Instructions

Performance Measures

In this unit, we return once again to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) at the link below and begin to compile information, make basic comparisons, and illustrate trends. 

National Center for Education Statistics. (n.d.). Home page. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds

For the first part of the assignment, go to IPEDS, and click on the Find your College box. Next, click on the Compare Colleges box. This will take you to the College Scorecard area from the first unit of the course. Click on Programs and Degrees, and select Four-year (Bachelor’s) and Public Administration and Social Service Professions and for Location, select Alabama. You should see a list of colleges and universities that present all three statistical areas. Ignore any in the list that do not present all three areas. 

For the graphs and charts described below, click here for helpful instructions for creating each type.

• Create a bar graph to display the Graduation Rates of      each of the institutions. The bar graph should be labeled      appropriately with a title and a legend. 
• Create a pie chart to display the Average Annual Costs      of the listed institutions. Split these into whatever amount ranges that      you would like.  
• Calculate the range, mean, median, mode, and standard      deviation for the Salary After Attending from the institutions. In your      response, include the list of all the values that you included in your      calculation, and then provide an answer to each calculation. Click here for helpful instruction on calculating range,      mode, mean, median, and standard deviations. In addition, the website      below provides some helpful tips in calculating standard deviation: