parseResults:
Function to Convert "Decision and Date" String to Data
Description
parseResults attempts to extract self-reported statistics listed from the
Grad Cafe "Decision and Date" text field. The parsing rules below were generated
based on test runs using the following parameters in the brewdata method:
years=c(2015,2014), term="F", degree="phd", focus="statistics"
End-users should not need to interact directly with this function, but improving
the rules might improve the fidelity of the brewdata method results.
Usage
parseResults( result )
Arguments
result
result is a "Decision and Date" string from the Grad
Cafe.
Value
parseResults returns a data frame with the following fields.
gpa
is the self-reported grade point average.
gre_v
is the self-reported GRE verbal section score
gre_q
is the self-reported GRE quantitative section score
gre_aw
is the self-reported GRE analytical writing score
month
is the month of the date that an admission decision was
made--not the date an applicant uploaded the result to the Grad Cafe.
day
is the day of the date that an admission decision was made--not
the date an applicant uploaded the result to the Grad Cafe.
year
is the day of the date that an admission decision was made--not
the date an applicant uploaded the result to the Grad Cafe.
decision
denotes a university's decision on an application. Possible
decisions are accepted ('A'), wait listed ('W'), rejected ('R'), interview ('I')
or other ('O').