NSSE 2019 Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons
Kentucky State University
First-Year Students Frequency Distributionsa Statistical Comparisonsb
Item wording or description Variable namec Valuesd Response options K-State HBCU Regional Like classification K-State Your first-year students compared with
Count % Count % Count % Count % Mean HBCU Regional Like classification
During the current school year, about how often have you done the following?
Reached conclusions based on your own analysis of numerical information (numbers, graphs, statistics, etc.) QRconclude 1 Never 6 15 100 10 188 8 107 10 2.4 2.6 -.27 2.7* -.36 2.5 -.20
Effect sizee Mean Effect sizee Mean Effect sizee
Used numerical information to examine a real-world problem or issue (unemployment, climate change, public health, etc.) QRproblem 1 Never 8 26 170 19 417 17 188 18 2.2 2.4 -.19 2.4 -.23 2.3 -.13
Evaluated what others have concluded from numerical information QRevaluate 1 Never 8 24 169 19 360 15 194 18 2.1 2.4 -.26 2.4 -.35 2.3 -.21
2 Sometimes 14 47 367 40 1,152 40 457 45
2 Sometimes 16 45 329 38 979 34 429 40
3 Often 10 28 307 34 1,153 41 355 36
2 Sometimes 12 37 338 38 1,103 38 432 42
3 Often 8 22 240 27 964 34 272 27
4 Very often 4 12 177 19 500 17 134 14
Total 36 100 913 100 2,820 100 1,025 100
3 Often 10 28 259 28 922 33 300 29
4 Very often 3 9 134 15 359 12 95 10
Total 33 100 901 100 2,801 100 1,015 100
4 Very often 2 7 124 14 318 11 91 10
Total 32 100 900 100 2,794 100 1,014 100
During the current school year, about how many papers, reports, or other writing tasks of the following lengths have you been assigned? (Include those not yet completed.)
Up to 5 pages wrshortnum 0 None 2 6 69 9 156 5 76 7 5.1 5.5 -.08 6.5 -.24 6.5 -.23
(Recoded version of wrshort created by NSSE. Values are estimated number of papers, reports, etc.) 1.5 1-2 6 19 191 20 608 22 223 20
Between 6 and 10 pages wrmednum 0 None 12 37 429 46 972 35 396 38 2.6 2.3 .07 2.2 .12 2.3 .07
4 3-5 16 46 342 38 899 32 343 33
8 6-10 7 20 189 21 625 22 201 21
13 11-15 2 6 68 8 266 9 89 9
18 16-20 0 0 17 2 107 4 37 4
23 More than 20 1 3 26 3 130 5 50 6
Total 34 100 902 100 2,791 100 1,019 100
(Recoded version of wrmed created by NSSE. Values are estimated number of papers, reports, etc.) 1.5 1-2 11 34 227 25 1,101 40 361 36
4 3-5 7 19 133 16 460 15 162 16
8 6-10 2 5 76 10 174 7 65 7
13 11-15 1 3 22 2 54 2 16 2
18 16-20 0 0 2 0 10 0 7 1
23 More than 20 1 3 6 1 13 0 7 1
Total 34 100 895 100 2,784 100 1,014 100