First-Year Students 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 Effect sizee Mean Effect sizee Mean Effect sizee
11 pages or more wrlongnum 0 None 26 79 714 78 2,192 78 709 70 1.7 1.4 .08 .8 .34 1.1 .18
(Recoded version of wrlong created by NSSE. Values are estimated number of papers, reports, etc.) 1.5 1-2 3 9 67 7 425 15 217 20
4 3-5 1 3 42 5 73 2 40 4
8 6-10 1 3 37 5 51 2 26 3
13 11-15 2 5 21 3 27 1 16 2
18 16-20 0 0 6 1 6 0 4 0
23 More than 20 1 3 7 1 13 0 4 1
Total 34 100 894 100 2,787 100 1,016 100
(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?
Estimated number of assigned pages of student writing. wrpages 60.8 55.2 .07 48.3 .19 54.7
People from an economic background other than your own DDeconomic 1 Never 3 10 48 6 72 3 63 6 2.7 2.8 -.19 3.1* -.50 2.9
Total 34 100 879 100 2,777 100 1,006 100
4 Very often 7 20 225 25 987 34 272 28
3 Often 9 30 234 27 1,019 37 357 35
People of a race or ethnicity other than your own DDRace 1 Never 3 9 112 12 112 5 72 7 2.8 2.6 .17 3.0 -.18 2.8
2 Sometimes 13 40 343 40 680 26 331 33
3 Often 4 13 196 22 997 35 316 32
4 Very often 14 38 232 26 996 33 291 29
Total 34 100 883 100 2,785 100 1,010 100
3 Often 7 21 317 35 1,163 42 376 38
4 Very often 10 28 248 28 992 35 284 28
2 Sometimes 14 41 302 34 663 26 302 30
3 Often 11 33 267 30 1,034 37 341 34
2 Sometimes 18 52 338 38 648 24 281 28
2 Sometimes 14 40 266 31 550 21 283 28
People with religious beliefs other than your own DDreligion 1 Never 2 6 89 11 98 4 92 9 2.7 2.7 -.01 3.0* -.38 2.8
Total 34 100 883 100 2,782 100 1,007 100
People with political views other than your own DDpolitical 1 Never 2 8 135 15 85 3 71 7 2.4 2.5 -.10 3.1*** -.73 2.9**
4 Very often 4 10 170 20 1,029 36 296 31
Total 33 100 877 100 2,781 100 1,005 100