NAME: AAUP Faculty Salary data TYPE: Census (mostly) SIZE: 1161 colleges, 16 variables DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT: Data are from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) annual faculty salary survey of American colleges and universities. They include average salary and overall compensation, broken down by full, associate, and assistant professor ranks. The dataset is used for the 1995 Data Analysis Exposition, sponsored by the Statistical Graphics Section of the American Statistical Association. See the file colleges.txt for more information on the Exposition. SOURCE: This dataset is taken from the March-April 1994 issue of Academe. More detailed descriptions of the variables can be found in that source. Thanks to Maryse Eymonerie, Consultant to AAUP, for assistance in supplying the data. Note: The JSE dataset archives contain two versions of this dataset. AAUP.DAT contains the data in a comma delimited format with a single row of data for each college. AAUP2.DAT contains the data in a fixed column format with three data lines for each school and a maximum line length of 80 characters. The format for AAUP2.DAT is described below, although the same variables in the order given below are found on each row of AAUP.DAT. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS (AAUP2.DAT) Fixed column format with two data lines per school Line #1 1 - 5 FICE (Federal ID number) 7 - 37 College name 38 - 39 State (postal code) 40 - 43 Type (I, IIA, or IIB) 44 - 48 Average salary - full professors 49 - 52 Average salary - associate professors 53 - 56 Average salary - assistant professors 57 - 60 Average salary - all ranks 61 - 65 Average compensation - full professors 66 - 69 Average compensation - associate professors 70 - 73 Average compensation - assistant professors 74 - 78 Average compensation - all ranks Line #2 1 - 4 Number of full professors 5 - 8 Number of associate professors 9 - 12 Number of assistant professors 13 - 16 Number of instructors 17 - 21 Number of faculty - all ranks ALL SALARY AND COMPENSATION FIGURES ARE YEARLY IN $100'S. Missing values are denoted with *. STORY BEHIND THE DATA: This dataset is used along with another (see usnews.txt) as the basis for the 1995 Data Analysis Exposition. This is a special session at the Joint Statistical Meetings which uses a common dataset as a vehicle for demonstrating innovative approaches to analyzing and displaying data. Salary data are for the 1993-94 school year. PEDAGOGICAL NOTES: The purpose of the Data Analysis Exposition is to provide a common dataset for individuals and groups to use to demonstrate approaches to analyzing data and displaying statistical results. In keeping with the spirit of this Exposition, one might ask students to prepare posters displaying the results of their own analyses. The dataset contains a wealth of information which is quite naturally of considerable interest to college students (and faculty!). For example, how does your school fare in the data? Is your salary structure in line with what other characteristics of your school suggest it should be? SUBMITTED BY: Robin Lock Mathematics Department St. Lawrence University Canton, NY 13617 rlock@vm.stlawu.edu