Educational Videos
Tune-in to our video series, Data's Anatomy, featuring Dan and Daphne, the data interns. Our dynamic data duo will help clarify important data terminology and calculations. In addition, Dan and Daphne will provide refresher tips on easily confused data concepts.
Read abstracts for each episode of Data's Anatomy (PDF)Listen (opens in a new tab).
Data's Anatomy Season 1
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
Dataline: A Refresher Report
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Review basic data concepts commonly encountered in these brief videos:
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- Calculating Success Rates
- Persistence vs. Retention
- The Timing of Academic Standing
- Average of an Average
- Small Sample Stumbles
- Plots and Charts
- Life and Times of a Data Request
- Percentage Point Change vs. Percent Change
- Adding and Subtracting Percentages
- Central Tendency
Contact
For questions, please contact the Office of Institutional Research.
Updated September 10, 2026