Educational Videos

Data's Anatomy Season 1

Episode 1: Focusing on FTIC

Provides definitions for TCCD's first time in college cohorts.

Episode 2: Wrapping Your Head 'Round Retention

Summarizes the cohort, calculation and data regarding retention measures.

Episode 3: Examining Enrollment Counts

Explains the differences between student headcount and course enrollments.

Episode 4: Considering Course Completion

Defines successful course completion and briefly shows historical course completion data.

Data's Anatomy Season 2

Episode 1: Pondering Percent of a Percent

Demonstrates how to calculate a percent of a percent through real-world and educational examples.

Episode 2: Puzzling Over Populations and Samples

Explains the difference between populations and samples and includes their use in research contexts.

Episode 3: Studying Statistical Significance

Highlights the importance of practical significance over statistical significance.

Episode 4: Persevering Past Probation!

Provides definitions for probation and other student standings at TCCD.

Episode 5: Gearing up for Graduates

Describes the differences between graduates and degrees/certificates awarded at TCCD.

Data's Anatomy Season 3

Episode 1: Comprehending College Cohorts

Emphasizes the importance of defining a trackable group of students with a common starting point.

Episode 2: Covering Community and Industry Education

Introduces CIE and the differences between UG and CIE terminology and structure.

Episode 3: Reflecting on Research

Explains the procedural and scientific foundation of the research process.

Episode 4: Evaluating Effectiveness

Illustrates the difficulty of measuring the effectiveness of specific interventions among many.

Data's Anatomy Season 4

Episode 1: Confusin' Correlation with Causation

Emphasizes the meaning of correlation and details reasons why two variables might be associated.

Episode 2: Summarizing State Reporting

Provides an overview of state-mandated reporting and funding sources.

Episode 3: Showcasing STEM

Highlights the various STEM fields.

Episode 4: Deciphering Dual Credit and Early College High School

Explains the difference between dual credit and early high school students.

Data's Anatomy Season 5

Episode 1: Surveying Successfully

Highlights recommended practices for designing effective surveys.

Episode 2: Picturin' Predictive Modeling

Demonstrates how to use predictive modeling in practice, through real-world and educational examples.

Episode 3: Exploring Early College High Schools

Introduces the history, locations, and impact of the many Early College High Schools at TCCD.

Episode 4: Introducing the IRB

Provides a background of the IRB and its role at TCCD.

Data's Anatomy Season 6

Episode 1: Talkin' About TSI Testing

Illustrates how course placement in determined using the TSI assessment and how college-ready is defined.

Episode 2: Gallopin' Through Guided Pathways

Introduces the practices and benefits of Guided Pathways at Tarrant County College.

Episode 3: Valuin' Veterans

Provides a background of the different opportunities that Veterans and Military Connected students are provided.

Episode 4: Expandin' Upon External Data Sources

Introduces the uses and benefits of the various external data sources for research and for TCC.

Episode 5: Investigatin' Inconsistent Definitions

Gives insight into why and how different definitions for IR terms exist, and what these definitions mean for research.

Data's Anatomy Season 7

Episode 1: Developing Dashboards

Showcases the variety of dashboards housed on the Institutional Research website and how to use them for quick data and research.

Episode 2: Creating Co-Reqs

Distinguishes the differences between the sequential and the co-requisite model for developmental education.

Episode 3: Figuring Formula Funding

Elaborates on Texas' formula funding for Higher Education Institutions.

Episode 4: Highlighting TCC's History

Takes a journey through TCC’s past, paying tribute to key moments through data.

Data's Anatomy Season 8

Episode 1: Outlining One College Reporting

Explains the state and federal reporting structure of TCC.

Episode 2: Freezing Files

Explains the purpose of using dated data.

Episode 3: Assessing Appropriate Data Uses

Explains data privacy, security, and ethics.

Episode 4: Classifying Campus

Details the confusion when defining campus designation by student.