Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• What is the Factbook for?
• How do I use the Factbook?
• How do I navigate around in the Factbook?
• What do these data terms mean? May I get a definition?
• What is the difference between the online Factbook and the in-print Factbook?
• How do I use the PDF files?
• How do I use the Excel worksheets? Are the data tables available as Excel worksheets?
• How may I contact PAIR?
• I have a question that I need someone to answer!

What is the Factbook for?
The UAF Factbook 2003 is for everybody, but is specifically issued as an internal report. The Factbook serves the UAF community as a tool for gauging the university's progress and institutional success.

How do I use the Factbook?
UAF Factbook 2003 has been designed to deliver a consistent feel throughout. Each page is formatted the same and integrates interactive features to assist you in your browsing. With the Factbook you can:

• Refer to standardized reports that track data from year to year thus providing a consistent view on trends.
• Study how the university is progressing and/or how to improve the university's execution of its mission.
• Download data to your computer for manipulation and statistical computations, or for departmental reporting on surveys and internal reports. Graphs may be copied and pasted into presentations.
• Print out a hard-copy version for fun-at-home reading.

How do I navigate around in the Factbook?
Located along the top of each page in the Factbook is a series of navigation tabs that will take you to various important points within the Factbook. The NCES tab will take you to the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). Clicking on the PAIR banner located at the top of every page of the Factbook will return you to PAIR's homepage.

Located at the bottom of each Factbook page is a UAF Factbook 2003 Directory navigation bar. The directory bar indicates your location within the Factbook with respect to the Factbook Table of Contents. You may move up levels by clicking on the previous pages listed in the directory. Your browser's back button will also move you back to previous pages.

Two resource buttons are located at the bottom of each Factbook page. The Factbook FAQ button will take you to this FAQ page. The Factbook Glossary button is linked to a glossary of terms used in the Factbook.

What do these data terms mean? May I get a definition?
The glossary is a work in progress. Please reference the glossary for when you have a question regarding a specific data term used in the Factbook. Please note that not every term will be listed in the Factbook. If you have a question regarding particular terminology listed in the Factbook, please contact PAIR at (907) 474-6638 or fypair@uaf.edu.

What is the difference between the online Factbook and the in-print Factbook?
New to UAF Factbook 2003 is a printable hard copy PDF version of the Factbook. Due to the physical limitations of 8.5 X 11 paper, the hard copy in-print PDF version of the Factbook will present tables and graphs in a manner inconsistent with the way they are presented online. The data, however, will be the same. The downloadable hard copy PDF version of the Factbook is print-ready and will provide higher print quality over a direct print job from your web browser. You may download the Factbook section by section or the whole book as presented.

How do I use the PDF files?
The entire Factbook and each section of the Factbook is downloadable and viewable as a PDF file. To view PDF files you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Each page of the Factbook features a link to the Adobe Acrobat Reader download site. The software is free from Adobe.

How do I use the Excel worksheets? Are the data tables available as Excel worksheets?
Each table and graph in the Factbook is available for download as Microsoft Excel worksheets. Within these worksheets data may be manipulated, copied and pasted into other documents for presentation. Please note that any alteration of the data as presented dismisses authorship by PAIR.

How may I contact PAIR?
PAIR may be contacted at (907) 474-6638 or by emailing fypair@uaf.edu. Our mailing address is UAF PAIR, P.O. Box 757630, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7630. Our FAX line is (907) 474-2612.

I have a question that I need someone to answer!
Please contact us with your questions! If it is a frequent question, we will add it to this list. Email questions to fypair@uaf.edu or call (907) 474-6638. Thank-you!