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PBA Home > Institutional Research & Analysis > Surveys > Client-Requested > Student Interest Survey Student Interest Survey, Fall 2000 and Fall 1999In 1999 and 2000, the office of Planning, Budget and Analysis assisted A Matter of Degree program in surveying new freshmen and transfer students at orientation and into the first month of classes. The purpose of the survey was to encourage incoming students to become involved with various extracurricular activities and organizations on the CU-Boulder campus, and to help them become involved with student groups and activities early on in their CU career. As a result of the surveys, CU-Boulder student organizations and clubs were given lists of names of students who were interested in that particular organization and asked to contact them. In 1999, the questionnaire was a scannable form that was distributed at orientation to incoming students, and non-respondents were aggressively followed up and encouraged to reply through assistance from resident hall advisors during the first month of classes. In 2000, however, the questionnaire was a web-based instrument and it was not administered until the first month of classes, at which time students were already busy and less likely to respond. See the Survey methods and response rates section below for a summary of the two survey administrations and to view both questionnaires. Given the major differences in the design of the questionnaires, the differences in response rates, survey methods and timing, we did not compare results from 2000 to those of 1999. The data from 1999 served primarily as a pilot to determine how to proceed in surveying this same constituent in 2000; no formal report was issued. Both the 1999 and 2000 data were also used to assist A Matter of Degree Program in setting up a system whereby entering freshmen and transfers could be linked up with UCB student organizations and clubs in their first semester at CU-Boulder. Initially, there were plans to repeat the survey in 2001 with an enhanced web-based questionnaire. ITS and A Matter of Degree Program had hoped to produce a web interface that could provide immediate feedback on the student organizations of interest to those students completing the survey. However, because of limited resources in these departments, the plans for re-administering this enhanced survey were never implemented. Results from the 2000 survey are
summarized in the tables listed below. For further information
about the results of this survey, contact
Bob Maust, principal investigator for
the A Matter of Degree Program
.
Survey methods and response rates
Results from the Fall 2000 Web surveyDemographics of the respondentsThe tables below show certain characteristics of respondents, including the number who responded from each residence hall. The following summarizes some major findings from these tables. (We did not try to determine response rates by residence hall, but list this information here to provide another characterization of the respondents.) Fall 2000 Student Interest Inventory Results - Demographics of Respondents
RESPONDENTS: POPULATION:
ENTRLVL Frequency Percent ENTRY LEVEL
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Freshman 576 88% Freshmam -- 92%
Transfer 79 12% Transfers -- 8%
GENDER Frequency Percent GENDER
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Female 401 61% Female -- 48%
Male 253 39% Male -- 52%
Frequency Missing = 1
REPORTING RESIDENCY
SCD_RES Frequency Percent RESIDENCY
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Non-Residents 228 37% Non-RES -- 45%
Residents 395 63% Residents -- 55%
Frequency Missing = 32
Cumulative Cumulative
RESIDENCE HALL (Self-Reported) Frequency Percent Frequency Percent
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Baker Hall 43 7.3 43 7.3
Cheyenne Arapaho Hall 35 6.0 78 13.3
College Inn 5 0.9 83 14.1
Farrand Hall 37 6.3 120 20.4
Hallett Hall 39 6.6 159 27.1
Kittredge Halls: Andrews 32 5.5 191 32.5
Kittredge Halls: Arnett 29 4.9 220 37.5
Kittredge Halls: Buckingham 32 5.5 252 42.9
Kittredge Halls: Kittredge West 21 3.6 273 46.5
Kittredge Halls: Smith 38 6.5 311 53.0
Libby Hall 37 6.3 348 59.3
OTHER (Kensington, Timber Ridge, Sterling) 35 6.0 383 65.2
Reed Hall 4 0.7 387 65.9
Sewall Hall 32 5.5 419 71.4
The Quad: Aden Hall 13 2.2 432 73.6
The Quad: Brackett Hall 16 2.7 448 76.3
The Quad: Cockerell Hall 9 1.5 457 77.9
The Quad: Crosman Hall 14 2.4 471 80.2
Will Village: Darley North 29 4.9 500 85.2
Will Village: Darley South 12 2.0 512 87.2
Will Village: Stearns East 35 6.0 547 93.2
Will Village: Stearns West 31 5.3 578 98.5
Willard Hall 9 1.5 587 100.0
Frequency Missing = 68
OK To Post Name to List?
Cumulative Cumulative
OKTOPST Frequency Percent Frequency Percent
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No 157 24.2 157 24.2
Yes 492 75.8 649 100.0
Frequency Missing = 6
Number of activities selected by respondents
The top 5-6 activities selected by respondents
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES -- Overall Findings
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES -- Differences by Residency
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES -- Differences by GenderThere were many differences by gender, including expected ones, e.g., types of sports, and other ones that were less expected. Some of the activities showing the largest differences by gender are listed below. (See Table B-3 for the complete listing.)
High School Activities, including whether they held a leadership role
The top 16 most mentioned high school activitiesOf the total 631 respondents who mentioned ANY high school activity, a minimum of 30 or more students mentioned the following 16 activities, and the proportion of these respondents who listed each activity ranged from 5% to 17%. Across the 3 open-ended "high school activity" questions, there were 1,718 individual responses and 334 unique "write-in" categories.
See Table C for a list of all High School activities – sorted by most to least frequently mentioned activity. This list also shows the proportion of students for each activity who held a leadership role in that activity. Open-ended write-in commentsQuestions 6 through 10 contained the option of 'Other, Please Specify'. Below are links to the 'Other' responses for each of these questions
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