Seniors Frequency Distributionsa Statistical Comparisonsb
Item wording or description Variable namec Valuesd Response options K-State HBCU Regional Like classification K-State HBCU Regional Like classification
Count % Count % Count % Count % Mean Mean Effect sizee Mean Effect sizee Mean Effect sizee
11 pages or more wrlongnum 0 None 18 71 419 49 1,678 50 358 47 1.2 2.8** -.31 1.8 -.18 1.7 -.17
(Recoded version of wrlong created by NSSE. Values are estimated number of papers, reports, etc.) 1.5 1-2 4 14 305 26 1,089 33 267 35
4 3-5 1 6 113 12 318 10 81 11
8 6-10 2 9 33 3 129 4 29 5
13 11-15 0 0 23 3 64 2 11 1
18 16-20 0 0 19 3 16 0 3 0
23 More than 20 0 0 26 3 33 1 3 0
Total Total 25 100 938 100 3,327 100 752 100
Estimated number of assigned pages of student writing. wrpages 52.3 94.9** -.33 73.6 -.24 75.0 -.28
(Continuous variable, recoded and summed by NSSE from wrshort, wrmed, and wrlong. Values are estimated pages of assigned writing.)
During the current school year, about how often have you had discussions with people from the following groups?
People of a race or ethnicity other than your own DDRace 1 Never 3 13 110 8 204 7 63 9 2.8 2.9 -.04 2.8 .00 2.8 .02
2 Sometimes 7 30 330 32 1,007 32 244 31
3 Often 4 17 213 23 1,033 31 220 30
People from an economic background other than your own DDeconomic 1 Never 1 3 41 6 149 5 36 5 2.9 3.0 -.09 3.0 -.04 3.0 -.06
People with religious beliefs other than your own DDreligion 1 Never 2 9 70 9 192 7 58 7 2.8 2.8 -.04 2.9 -.11 2.9 -.09
People with political views other than your own DDpolitical 1 Never 2 7 117 12 167 6 40 5 2.8 2.7 .17 2.9 -.10 3.0 -.14
4 Very often 11 40 282 37 1,078 31 226 30
3 Often 3 15 339 34 1,280 39 284 37
2 Sometimes 9 36 314 31 906 29 230 30
2 Sometimes 9 34 347 34 861 27 214 26
Total Total 25 100 935 100 3,322 100 753 100
2 Sometimes 10 42 215 24 816 25 206 26
4 Very often 11 40 339 36 1,074 31 229 32
Total Total 25 100 934 100 3,319 100 755 100
3 Often 5 22 290 29 1,158 34 239 32
4 Very often 9 33 257 31 1,068 31 225 31
Total Total 25 100 931 100 3,324 100 752 100
3 Often 5 26 251 28 1,181 35 263 36
4 Very often 9 33 216 26 1,113 32 236 33
Total Total 25 100 931 100 3,322 100 753 100