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Is1862 Land Grant College

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s site is an 1862 Land Grant College. It is a vendor education-status indicator stored under vendor site details and should be treated as a categorical compliance/classification field, not a measure of performance or award value.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege
Title
Is1862 Land Grant College
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1862LandGrantCollege
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s site is an 1862 Land Grant College. It is a vendor education-status indicator stored under vendor site details and should be treated as a categorical compliance/classification field, not a measure of performance or award value.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with 1862 Land Grant Colleges for set-aside review, institutional segmentation, and policy or statutory reporting. It can support research into federal spending patterns across educational institutions and help validate whether awards align with targeted university or research partnerships.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1862LandGrantCollege
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1862LandGrantCollege' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filtering awards tied to 1862 Land Grant Colleges
  • Segmenting vendor populations by educational institution type
  • Supporting compliance, oversight, or research-sponsor analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the field as vendor performance or eligibility instead of classification
  • Assuming all datasets use the same coding scheme for true/false or yes/no values

Query Guidance

Use this field as a filter on the affirmative code for 1862 Land Grant College status, and validate the exact stored values before writing predicates. If the record includes a paired description field or multiple education-type flags, check those alongside this field to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege AS is1862_land_grant_college
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1862LandGrantCollege IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.