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Community Survey

RESPONDENTS VERSUS NONRESPONDENTS

Response rates by various respondent characteristics were examined to determine whether certain groups of students were more or less likely to return a questionnaire than other groups (see table below). The table shows demographic and academic characteristics for the total sample and for respondents and nonrespondents.

University of Colorado at Boulder Community Survey
Fall 1998
Sample and Survey Respondents versus Nonrespondents

Group	Number in Sample	Response Rate
Total	458	54%
All men	239	48%*
All women	229	59%*
Students of Color	326	52%
White students	139^	56%
Arts & Sciences	320	55%
Business	61	51%
Engineering	71	51%
Journalism	4	100%
Music	5	20%
Arch & Planning	7	29%
Low GPA (below median)	214†	51%
High GPA (above median)	197†	57%

* indicates respondents and nonrespondents differ significantly (e.g., respondents more likely to be female)

^ includes students listed as "white" or "unknown" in SIS, who also identified themselves as white on the survey.

† GPA information was not available for 58 students.

Only one significant difference emerged between respondents and nonrespondents; respondents are more likely to be female. Respondents do not differ by race/ethnicity, by college, or by cumulative grade point average.

Table of Contents for 1998 Community Survey

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