The variables for
whether students ever felt included in school and whether there was ever an adult at
school who cared about them were removed because there was no variance in responses.
All participants felt that there was an adult at school that cared about them and that they
were a part of their school in at least one point during the four waves of the survey.
Variables with missing data due to small population that the question was asked of (e.g.
accommodations at 4 yr college) were kept where as variables with a great deal of
missing data due to non-responses were eliminated. The exception to this was whether
students applied for services beyond the mandated accommodations from 4 yr college
(np4S5K) was removed because it only had 10 valid responses.