STDNT SELF REPORT STUDY

DATA VIEW NAME
STDNT_SELF_REPORT_STUDY
OVERVIEW
This data view details the self reported high school course work that will be completed through a students senior year from the ACT or SATI exam. This information is optional when completing the ACT or SATI exams. This view reports data by exam type (ACT or SAT) and by exam date. Students can update/modify their self reported data each time the take the ACT or SATI exam.
LOAD FREQUENCY
The data in this view is refreshed daily.
DATA CUSTODIAN
Undergraduate Admissions Office
Contact: David Leszczynski
AUTHORIZATION
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SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
Please note the high school course work has different values depending on which exam the information came from.
Valid values:
Data Source Subject Code Subject Descr
ACT EN English
ACT MA Mathematics
ACT SS Social Studies
ACT NS Natural Sciences
ACT FS Foreign Language (Spanish)
ACT FG Foreign Language (German)
ACT FF Foreign Language (French)
ACT FO Foreign Language (Other)
ACT BC Business or Commercial
ACT VO Vocational-Occupational
SAT Arts and Music
SAT English
SAT Foreign and Classical Languages
SAT Mathematics
SAT Natural Sciences
SAT Social Sciences and History
QUESTIONS
Contact: Division of Information Technology Help Desk
Phone: 264-HELP (4357)
LAST UPDATED
04/2005 – New view created.
DATA FORMATS
Primary Key Columns are identified with an asterisk(*)
Alphanumeric Data
VARCHAR2( N) (N) = maximum length. Field contains letters and/or numbers. Trailing blanks are eliminated.
Example: VARCHAR2 (5) could contain ‘ABC12’ or ‘ABC’ or ‘A’
Numeric Data
NUMBER (N) (N) = length. Field contains only numbers.
NUMBER (X,Y) = format for numbers with decimal positions.
X = total number of digits
Y = the number of digits after the decimal
Examples: NUMBER (6) represents 250012 NUMBER (6,2) represents 2500.12
Date
DATE – Date can be in various formats. Date functions available with your query tool can be used to format the date.
Examples: DATE (YYYYMMDD), DATE (YYDDD), DATE (DD-MM-YY)
Column Name Format Description
*SELF_REPORT_STUDY_KEY NUMBER(15) A unique identifier that is system generated. A surrogate key. It is based on ID, Test_Date and Subject_Descr and Data_Source.
PROSPECT_KEY NUMBER(15) Surrogate key of prospect table. Match this key on this table to same key on Ugrd_Prospect view.
ID VARCHAR(11) ISIS personal Identifier. It will never be changed throughout the individual’s relationship with the University. This is not the same as Campus_ID. Only 10 characters are in use.
TEST_DATE DATE The date the student took the ACT or SATI.
SUBJECT_CODE VARCHAR(2) Code for the ACT high school subject. This field will be null for SAT reported high school courses.
Valid values:
Blank = Arts & Music, English, Foreign & Classical Languages, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences & History
BC = Business or Commercial
EN = English
FF = Foreign Language (French)
FG = Foreign Language (French)
FO = Foreign Language (French)
FS = Foreign Language (French)
MA = Mathematics
NS = Natural Sciences
SS = Social Studies
VO = Vocational-Occupational
SUBJECT_DESCR VARCHAR(50) Description of the high school course.
DATA_SOURCE VARCHAR(3) Code indicating on which exam the high school course information was reported.
Valid values:
ACT
SAT
YEARS_STUDIED_CODE VARCHAR(1) Projected number of years studied through high school graduation. ACT and SAT have different coding for the number of years studied.
Valid values:
0 = blank
1 = Half year
2 = One year
3 = 1 1/2 years
4 = 2 years
5 = 2 1/2 years
6 = 3 years
7 = 3 1/2 years
8 = 4 or more years
9 = Did not take any course in the subject
A = 1/2 year
B = 1 year
C = 2 years
D = 3 years
E = 4 years
F = More than 4 years
N = None
Y = blank
YEARS_STUDIED_DESCR VARCHAR(50) Description of the number of years studied through high school graduation. ACT and SAT have different descriptions for the number of years studied.
SAT_HONORS VARCHAR(1) The SAT questionnaire allows students to report if they attained an honors level in the high school subject area. All ACT self reported information will be null for this field.
Valid values:
null
B
C
D
E
F
N
Y
EXTRACT_DATE_TIME DATE The date and time these data were extracted.
Format : YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS