We also performed a bivariate cluster analysis including both time and exam performance data for each student using the MClust package for R , but identified no meaningful patterns.
To answer this question, we looked both at BTE scores and raw performance on the Repeated Questions.
There was no significant difference in performance difference related to college generation status.
We also implicitly assume students are more similar within the categories we establish than across them, and that it is meaningful to group students in these ways.