It’s moderately useful to be able to separate out PhD candidates from people that have just gotten Bachelors or Masters degrees, but I’m not sure it makes sense to clump them with people who have finished their PhDs, given the somewhat low survival rate.
More useful I’d say to filter those perusing bachelors degrees (me) from those who did not attend college after high school. There are gaps at other levels as well.
I think the survey already handles that, since it asks about current occupation, with “student” being one option—a current student who graduated high school is presumably pursuing a BA. On the other hand, this fails to distinguish drop-outs from never-starteds, and master students from phd students.
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It’s moderately useful to be able to separate out PhD candidates from people that have just gotten Bachelors or Masters degrees, but I’m not sure it makes sense to clump them with people who have finished their PhDs, given the somewhat low survival rate.
More useful I’d say to filter those perusing bachelors degrees (me) from those who did not attend college after high school. There are gaps at other levels as well.
I think the survey already handles that, since it asks about current occupation, with “student” being one option—a current student who graduated high school is presumably pursuing a BA. On the other hand, this fails to distinguish drop-outs from never-starteds, and master students from phd students.