Accountability Report
Appendices
| N-96-3 | July, 1996 |
Gerald M. Gillmore
Lauren Basson
The Office of Educational Assessment began surveying University of
Washington seniors in winter quarter of 1992
, and
has done so annually during spring quarter since 1994
. In the spring of 1996, a questionnaire was administered to
undergraduate students who were regularly enrolled at the Seattle campus
and who had obtained more than 135 credits toward graduation.
For the 1996 Senior Survey, a random sample of 1400 students was drawn and each was sent a questionnaire by mail. A follow-up post card was sent two weeks later. Twenty-nine addresses were incorrect, and questionnaires were completed by 533 students, for a response rate of 39%. Females were somewhat over represented in the respondents (54.4%) relative to their percentage in the sample of 1400 (47.7%).
In this brief report of the results of the 1996 survey, response percentages are given for each item across all students. Responses of freshmen and transfer students were compared and those that were found to be statistically significant (p < .05) are shown in bold type. Following the presentation of the response percentages, means (or percentages) for freshman and transfer entrants are given for all those items showing statistically significant results. This report ends with a summary of open-ended comments.
Among the items in this Senior Survey were 28 written to be parallel to
expectation questions that appeared on the 1995 Entering Student
Questionnaire. A comparison of the responses of the two groups
to these items is found in another report
.
This survey is comprised of the following parts:
Gillmore, G. M. The Winter, 1992, Survey of University of
Washington Seniors, OEA Reports, 92-2, Office of
Educational Assessment, 1992.
Gillmore, G. M. and Basson, L. The Spring, 1994,
University of Washington Senior Survey, OEA Reports,
94-8, Office of Educational Assessment, 1994.
Gillmore, G. M. and. Hamilton, F E. Results of the 1995 Senior
Survey. OEA Research Notes, N-96-1, Office of
Educational Assessment, 1996.
Gillmore, G. M. Expectations and Realities: A Comparison of
Entering and Senior Student Responses to Parallel Items. OEA
Reports, 96-4, Office of Educational Assessment, 1996.
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