## Replication Code for "The PhD Pipeline Initiative Works" ## Ryan Brutger, Last modified: 12-1-2022 ## This R file contains the code necessary to replicate the analysis, including those in the main text and supplementary appendix. ## All of the following analyses were carried out using R version 4.0.1 on a Macbook Pro with Intel Core i5 processor using MacOS Catalina V. 10.15.7 #load packages for analysis library(foreign) library(ggplot2) library(stargazer) library(xtable) setwd("ENTER DIRECTORY") # set working directory (change to your directory) rm(list = ls(all = TRUE)) pips <- read.csv("PIPS_Replication_Data.csv") # The following provides the coding rules for the variables used in the analysis # Enrolled -> an indicator variable for whether a student had enrolled AND completed the PIPS program when they took the survey (1=yes, 0=no) # Enroll_Sem -> 0=includes those who did not receive spots in PIPS or who had not yet enrolled in PIPS, 1=enrolled in spring 2021, 2= enrolled fall 2021 but had not yet completed PIPS # firstgen -> 1= those who self identify as "first generation college student", 0=otherwise # For the race and ethnicty variables, each is an indicator for whether the respondent self-identified with the race or ethnicity (they could choose more than one) # The options were: American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian or Asian American; Black or African American; Hispanic, Latino, Latina, LatinX; # Middle Eastern or Northern African; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; White; Another option (please specify); Prefer not to say # Dependent Variables: #Phd_interest: 4=very likely, 3=somewhat likely, 2=somewhat unlikely, 1=very unlikely #Prep_app: 4=very prepared, 3=somewhat prepared, 2=not very prepared, 1=not prepared at all #Prep_diversity: 4=very prepared, 3=somewhat prepared, 2=not very prepared, 1=not prepared at all #Prep_research: 4=very prepared, 3=somewhat prepared, 2=not very prepared, 1=not prepared at all #Prep_letters: 4=very prepared, 3=somewhat prepared, 2=not very prepared, 1=not prepared at all # For Phd_interest2, Prep_app2, Prep_diversity2, Prep_research2, Prep_letters2 the earlier measures are dichotomized # If the earlier measure was a 3 or 4, then the dichotmout measure=1, otherwise it equals 0 # Response rate calculations reported on page 5 # There were 85 students in the lottery who could have taken the pre-PIPS survey length(pips$Enrolled[pips$Enrolled==0]) #42 42/85# 0.49 #At the time of this analysis 38 students had completed PIPS (two dropped during the semester) # the Spring 2022 enrolled students were in-progress and had not completed PIPS yet length(pips$Enrolled[pips$Enrolled==1]) #20 out of 28 students who had completed PIPS also completed the followup survey 20/38 # 0.53 # Demographics reported on page 6 #First Generation length(pips$firstgen[pips$firstgen==1 & is.na(pips$firstgen)==FALSE]) #38 first generation length(pips$firstgen[pips$firstgen==0 & is.na(pips$firstgen)==FALSE]) #19 not first generation 38/(19+38) # 67% first generation # Race/Ethinicty # 11 identify as multiple races/ethnicities, which were counted manually sum(pips$hispanic) #25 sum(pips$white) #16 sum(pips$middleE) #8 sum(pips$black) #4 sum(pips$native) #1 sum(pips$islander) #0 #Gender (not reported in paper) sum(pips$male) #22 sum(pips$female) #31 sum(pips$non.binary) #3 # Generate Table 1 of paper phd.interest2 <- lm(PhD_interest2 ~ Enrolled, data = pips) prep.app2 <- lm(Prep_app2 ~ Enrolled, data = pips) prep.diversity2 <- lm(Prep_diversity2 ~ Enrolled, data = pips) prep.research2 <- lm(Prep_research2 ~ Enrolled, data = pips) prep.letters2 <- lm(Prep_letters2 ~ Enrolled, data = pips) stargazer(phd.interest2 , prep.app2, prep.diversity2, prep.research2, prep.letters2, omit.stat = c("rsq", "adj.rsq", "ser", "f"), column.labels = c("PhD Interest", "Prepared \n to Apply", "Prepared \n Personal Statement", "Prepared \n SOP", "Prepared \n LORs")) #Generate Appendix Table 3 of section 4 phd.interest <- lm(PhD_interest ~ Enrolled, data = pips) prep.app <- lm(Prep_app ~ Enrolled, data = pips) prep.diversity <- lm(Prep_diversity ~ Enrolled, data = pips) prep.research <- lm(Prep_research ~ Enrolled, data = pips) prep.letters <- lm(Prep_letters ~ Enrolled, data = pips) stargazer(phd.interest , prep.app, prep.diversity, prep.research, prep.letters, omit.stat = c("rsq", "adj.rsq", "ser", "f"), column.labels = c("PhD Interest", "Prepared \n to Apply", "Prepared \n Personal Statement", "Prepared \n SOP", "Prepared \n LORs")) # Generate Appendix Table 4 of section 5 phd.interest2b <- lm(PhD_interest2 ~ Enrolled + male + white + firstgen, data = pips) prep.app2b <- lm(Prep_app2 ~ Enrolled + male + white + firstgen, data = pips) prep.diversity2b <- lm(Prep_diversity2 ~ Enrolled + male + white + firstgen, data = pips) prep.research2b <- lm(Prep_research2 ~ Enrolled + male + white + firstgen, data = pips) prep.letters2b <- lm(Prep_letters2 ~ Enrolled + male + white + firstgen, data = pips) stargazer(phd.interest2b , prep.app2b, prep.diversity2b, prep.research2b, prep.letters2b, omit.stat = c("rsq", "adj.rsq", "ser", "f"), column.labels = c("PhD Interest", "Prepared \n to Apply", "Prepared \n Personal Statement", "Prepared \n SOP", "Prepared \n LORs")) # Generate Appendix Table 5 of section 6: # Same as Table 1, but limits sample to only those who eventually enrolled in PIPS, comparing those who completed to those who had not yet started pipsEnrolled <- subset(pips[pips$Enroll_Sem>0, ]) phd.interest2c <- lm(PhD_interest2 ~ Enrolled, data = pipsEnrolled) prep.app2c <- lm(Prep_app2 ~ Enrolled, data = pipsEnrolled) prep.diversity2c <- lm(Prep_diversity2 ~ Enrolled, data = pipsEnrolled) prep.research2c <- lm(Prep_research2 ~ Enrolled, data = pipsEnrolled) prep.letters2c <- lm(Prep_letters2 ~ Enrolled, data = pipsEnrolled) stargazer(phd.interest2c , prep.app2c, prep.diversity2c, prep.research2c, prep.letters2c, omit.stat = c("rsq", "adj.rsq", "ser", "f"), column.labels = c("PhD Interest", "Prepared \n to Apply", "Prepared \n Personal Statement", "Prepared \n SOP", "Prepared \n LORs"))