North Carolina State University
2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey:
Frequency Distributions for Survey Items #41-42
(Learning Management Systems)

This document reports the frequency distributions by gender and race/ethnicity of survey items #41 and #42 of the 2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey. A table comparing mean ratings is available on the web.

Respondents who reported having taken 3 or fewer courses using learning management systems during their junior and senior years were asked to answer Question 41: Why have you not taken (more) courses that use learning management systems?

Respondents who indicated that they had taken four or more courses during their junior and senior years were asked to answer Question 42: Why have you taken courses that use learning management systems?


Reasons for Not Taking (more) Courses Using LMS | Reasons for Taking Courses Using LMS


  Q Reasons for Not Taking (more) Courses Using LMS
(Among those respondents who reported having taken 3 or fewer courses using Learning Management Systems during their junior and senior years)

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Didnt take more: dont know about LMS 7.7 6.2 9.3 10.5 7.2 11.2
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 13.0 12.9 13.1 10.5 13.4 11.2
Neither (%) 31.8 32.8 30.9 41.1 30.5 37.1
Disagree (%) 23.6 24.0 23.2 23.2 24.5 13.5
Strongly Disagree (%) 23.8 24.1 23.5 14.7 24.4 27.0

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Didnt take more: didnt know how to enroll 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.9 8.0
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 14.9 15.9 13.8 15.8 15.0 12.5
Neither (%) 35.3 34.4 36.2 47.4 33.4 43.2
Disagree (%) 21.2 21.8 20.5 16.8 22.3 13.6
Strongly Disagree (%) 22.6 21.6 23.6 14.7 23.4 22.7

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Didnt take more: courses I needed/wanted didnt use 44.7 49.6 39.7 45.5 44.6 44.9
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 35.4 33.9 36.8 24.2 36.6 33.7
Neither (%) 14.5 11.6 17.4 20.2 13.7 16.9
Disagree (%) 4.1 3.5 4.8 8.1 3.8 3.4
Strongly Disagree (%) 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.0 1.3 1.1

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Didnt take more: not comfortable 1.9 1.7 2.1 0.0 2.2 1.1
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 7.1 7.5 6.7 3.2 7.3 9.0
Neither (%) 26.4 25.5 27.4 33.0 25.6 29.2
Disagree (%) 30.4 30.0 30.9 34.0 30.4 27.0
Strongly Disagree (%) 34.1 35.4 32.9 29.8 34.6 33.7

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Didnt take more: not best way for me to learn 7.4 7.9 6.8 3.2 7.7 7.9
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 15.8 15.3 16.3 13.7 16.4 12.4
Neither (%) 35.1 31.6 38.6 42.1 34.2 37.1
Disagree (%) 23.4 25.5 21.2 25.3 23.4 21.3
Strongly Disagree (%) 18.4 19.7 17.0 15.8 18.3 21.3

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Didnt take more: LMS courses harder 1.7 1.7 1.6 4.3 1.4 1.1
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 5.0 4.9 5.2 4.3 5.1 5.6
Neither (%) 39.2 37.6 40.8 42.6 38.7 41.6
Disagree (%) 31.8 32.8 30.9 27.7 32.1 33.7
Strongly Disagree (%) 22.3 23.0 21.5 21.3 22.8 18.0

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Didnt take more: instructors dont use effectively 6.5 5.0 8.0 4.3 7.0 3.4
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 17.8 17.2 18.4 14.0 18.1 18.0
Neither (%) 42.4 43.1 41.8 47.3 41.5 47.2
Disagree (%) 21.3 22.0 20.6 20.4 21.6 19.1
Strongly Disagree (%) 12.0 12.7 11.3 14.0 11.7 12.4
Back To Mean Ratings
Back to Top

Q Reasons for Taking Courses Using LMS
(Among those students who reported having taken four or more courses using Learning Management Systems during their junior and senior years)
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Took LMS crses: courses I needed/wanted used 57.9 60.7 56.0 52.5 59.4 48.7
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 35.4 35.7 35.2 33.9 35.4 36.8
Neither (%) 6.1 3.0 8.1 11.9 4.6 14.5
Disagree (%) 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0
Strongly Disagree (%) 0.4 0.6 0.2 1.7 0.3 0.0

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Took LMS crses: comfortable with/like using 42.0 39.6 43.7 41.4 42.6 36.8
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 43.1 46.6 40.7 44.8 43.4 39.5
Neither (%) 12.8 12.3 13.1 10.3 12.2 19.7
Disagree (%) 1.8 0.9 2.3 1.7 1.7 2.6
Strongly Disagree (%) 0.4 0.6 0.2 1.7 0.2 1.3

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Took LMS crses: good way for me to learn 27.9 26.6 28.8 29.3 29.0 17.1
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 36.4 41.0 33.3 39.7 36.2 35.5
Neither (%) 30.8 27.8 32.8 27.6 30.2 38.2
Disagree (%) 3.8 4.3 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.9
Strongly Disagree (%) 1.1 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.8 5.3

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Took LMS crses: LMS courses easier 10.1 9.9 10.2 20.0 9.1 11.8
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 16.8 15.7 17.5 16.4 16.6 18.4
Neither (%) 48.4 44.1 51.4 49.1 48.6 46.1
Disagree (%) 18.3 21.3 16.2 12.7 19.3 13.2
Strongly Disagree (%) 6.4 9.0 4.7 1.8 6.3 10.5

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Took LMS crses: Instructors use effectively 19.4 22.2 17.5 36.2 18.0 18.4
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 46.7 48.9 45.1 36.2 47.7 46.1
Neither (%) 26.0 23.1 28.1 27.6 25.7 27.6
Disagree (%) 5.9 4.3 7.0 0.0 7.1 0.0
Strongly Disagree (%) 2.0 1.5 2.3 0.0 1.5 7.9

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Took LMS crses: easy access to course materials 47.8 51.1 45.6 55.2 48.6 35.5
Strongly Agree (%)
Agree (%) 40.0 40.3 39.7 37.9 39.4 46.1
Neither (%) 11.1 8.0 13.2 6.9 11.4 11.8
Disagree (%) 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.4 1.3
Strongly Disagree (%) 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.1 5.3

Back To Mean Ratings
Back to Top


For more information on the 2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey contact:
Dr. Nancy Whelchel, Associate Director for Survey Research
Office of Institutional Planning and Research
Box 7002
NCSU
Phone: (919) 515-4184
Email: Nancy_Whelchel@ncsu.edu

Posted: September, 2003

Download a Microsoft Excel Version of this report.

 

Return to 2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey Table of Contents Page

Return to OIRP Survey Page

Return to OIRP Home Page