PBA Home > Institutional Research & Analysis > Surveys > Campus Climate Survey 2006 > Scale development

CU-Boulder Campus Climate Survey, Fall 2006

Scale development

The Climate Survey scales used in 2006 are similar to those used in 2001. In 2001, Climate data were examined for the purpose of producing summary scale scores. Items sharing a common theme were combined into a single scale using factor analysis. A total of 9 scales were constructed. Scales ranged from 3 to 12 items, with reliabilities typically in the .8 to .9 range.

Scale scores were computed by first converting all responses to a 0-100 scale (e.g., lowest response option recoded to 0 and the highest recoded to 100), and then averaging together responses to items included in the scale. For example,

Comfort being in class = mean (comfort being in class + comfort interacting with faculty + comfort expressing views in class).

Scale scores range from 0 to 100 and are displayed for each subgroup analysis (e.g., by gender or by ethnicity). They are generally ordered from high to low based on means for the group. When viewing the graphs, clicking on each scale name displays item-level results.

Scale content is summarized in the table below.

Scale	Item label	Item name	Recoded
Challenge remarks	Gender	ch_gen
	Race or ethnicity	ch_eth
	Physical abilities	ch_abil
	Religion	ch_relig
	Sexual orientation	ch_sexo
	Comfortable challenging others	w_chall
Comfort in class	Interac with faculty outside class	w_facint
	Being in class	w_class
	Expressing opinion in class	w_express
Comfort - social	Living in dorm or res hall	w_dorm
	Hanging out on the Hill	w_hill
	Hanging out in the UMC	w_umc
	Using Student Rec Center	w_recctr
	Shopping/restaurants in Boulder	w_shpeat
	Looking for place to rent in Bldr	w_rent
	Participating in campus soc life	w_social
	Getting counseling/supp services	w_coun
	Interacting with CU police	w_polcu
	Interacting with Boulder police	w_polbld
Contact with others	Racial & ethnic minorities	int_eth
	People with disabilities	int_dis
	People with strong relig beliefs	int_reli
	Gay/lesb/bi/transgender persons	int_glbt
	Non-native English speakers	int_neng
	Partic in eth/cul campus activities	w_ethact
Diversity	Faculty value diversity	vld_fac
	Staff/admin value diversity	vld_admst
	Stu govt values diversity	vld_ucsu
	Students value diversity	vld_stu
	Bldr community values diversity	vld_bldr
	UCB accepting of dvrsity in clsrm	in_div
	UCB accptng of dvrsity outs clsrm	ot_div
	Div should be how high CU priority	divprior
Friendliness	Felt accepted	f_accept
	Felt valued	f_valued
	Stu govt values diversity	f_leftx	Yes
	Felt welcome	f_welcom
	Felt disconnected from oth studnts	f_disconx	Yes
	Felt physically threatened	f_threatx	Yes
	Felt different	f_diffx	Yes
	Felt supported	f_supp
	Overall satisfaction with UCB	oversat
	Friendly: in classroom	in_frnd
	Friendly: outside classroom	ot_frnd
	Freqcy see neg graffiti on campus	graffitix	Yes
Fac disparaging remarks	Women	s_women
	Men	s_men
	Racial/ethnic minorities	s_eth
	People with disabilities	s_dis
	People with strong relig beliefs	s_relig
	Gay/lesb/bi/transgender persons	s_glbt
	Whites	s_white
	UCB students from Colorado	s_res
	UCB students from other states	s_nonres
	Foreign students	s_fore
Students disparaging remarks	Women	s_women
	Men	s_men
	Racial/ethnic minorities	s_eth
	People with disabilities	s_dis
	People with strong relig beliefs	s_relig
	Gay/lesb/bi/transgender persons	s_glbt
	Whites	s_white
	Non-native English speakers	s_neng
	UCB students from Colorado	s_res
	UCB students from other states	s_nonres
	Foreign students	s_fore
Climate for underrep grps	Sexist: in classroom	in_sexx	Yes
	Sexist: outside classroom	ot_sexx	Yes
	Disrespectful: in classroom	in_disrptx	Yes
	Disrespectful: outside classroom	ot_disrptx	Yes
	Civil: in classroom	in_civil
	Civil: outside classroom	ot_civil
	Disabil accessible: in classroom	n_accesi
	Disabil accessible: outs classrm	ot_acces
	Racist: in classroom	in_racstx	Yes
	Racist: outside classroom	ot_racstx	Yes
	Homophobic: in classroom	in_homopx	Yes
	Homophobic: outside classroom	ot_homopx	Yes

Campus Climate Survey 2006 Table of Contents

Last revision 05/14/10