KSG Course Evaluations

2006-2007  2005-2006  2004-2005

TIPS ON READING THE EVALUATION REPORTS

 Questions: Each mean on the course evaluation report corresponds to a question on the “Student Course Rating Form.”  Students are given 20 minutes in class at the end of the term to complete the form.

 

Number of Respondents (N): This is the total number of students that responded to each question.  Different N's for the same course reflect differences in the number of students answering each question.  Most course enrollments are larger than indicated by the number of respondents. There are a variety of reasons for this: not all students will fill out an evaluation form and some do not respond to all questions.

 

Mean:  The mean is the average of all the scores reported.  In most cases the students can choose a number between 1 and 5.  In the case for the two questions on “workload and benefit,” students choose between 1 and 3.  For these questions the mean will appear lower in comparison to the other questions that are based on a 5-point scale.

 

Missing Data: Sometimes students fail to read the instructions and select more than one answer.  All such responses are treated as missing data.

Faculty: Many courses change Faculty from year to year, the Faculty listed are those who taught in the Academic Year listed.