North Carolina State University
1999 Sophomore Student Survey:
College Comparisons
Introduction
This Web document points to tables reporting the frequency distributions of responses by college to questions in the 1999 Sophomore Survey. You can use the index below to link to web tables of college comparisons by topic, or directly download an excel file of results by college for all survey items. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "1999 Sophomore Student Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods see "1999 Sophomore Student Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile." Exact question wording is available on the web through this link or by clicking on the section headings in the tables.
The number of sophomores responding from each college varies widely. As noted in the introductory report on the survey's methods, both the actual number of respondents and the response rate effects the margin of error of the results reported. Table 1 below provides information on the number and proportion of students responding to the survey from each college, as well as the response rate and margin of error for the college. The margin of error in results reported for individual colleges in the 1999 Sophomore Survey range from +1.4 percent in Engineering to +5.5 percent in Forest Resources. When looking at reported response distributions, it is important to keep the college margin of error in mind.
Table 1: Response Rate and Margin of Error by Academic Unit| Sophomore Class |
Survey Respondents | Response Rate | Margin of Error | |||
|
Academic Unit | % |
N | % |
N | ||
|
Agriculture and Life Science | 18.0% |
324 |
16.4% | 192 |
59.3% |
2.9% |
| Design | 4.1% |
74 | 4.6% |
54 |
73.0% | 3.6% |
| Education and Psychology | 4.8% |
86 |
4.7% | 55 | 64.0% |
4.8% |
| Engineering | 26.8% |
483 | 30.2% |
353 |
73.1% | 1.4% |
| Forest Resources | 4.1% | 73 | 3.8% |
45 |
61.6% | 5.5% |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 12.2% |
219 |
9.4% | 110 |
50.2% |
4.7% |
| Physical and Mathematical Sciences | 3.8% | 68 | 4.4% |
52 |
76.5% | 3.2% |
| Textiles |
4.5% | 81 | 4.4% |
51 | 63.0% |
5.1% |
| Management | 13.2% |
237 |
15.6% | 182 |
76.8% |
1.7% |
| First Year College |
8.6% |
155 | 6.5% |
76 |
49.0% | 5.7% |
| Total |
100.0% | 1,800 |
100.0% |
1,170 | 65.0% |
1.0% |
Index of Results of College Comparisons by Topic
Background and Interests:
Academic Environment:
Faculty contributions |
Intellectual environment |
Overall instruction |
Overall education |
Classroom environment |
Student Services
Services outside the classroom : |
New Student Orientation |
Academic advising |
Tutoring/help labs |
Library |
Technology |
Career-related services |
Campus bookstore |
Campus safety |
Non-academic services |
Non-academic services staff |
Knowledge, Skills and Personal Development:
General education goals |
Personal development goals |
World view goals |
Needs being met by NCSU |
For more information on the 1999 Sophomore Student 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: March, 2000
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