Alabama A&M University
Respondent Characteristics
August 2008
NSSE 2008 Respondent Characteristics
Alabama A&M University
Response Ratea
Overall
By class
NSSE sample sizeb
Sampling Errorc
Overall
By class
Number of respondentsb
Total population
Student Characteristicsd
Mode of Completion
Paper
Web
Bulldogs
FY
SR
Southeast Public
FY
SR
Carnegie Class
FY
SR
NSSE 2008
FY
SR
13%
28%
26%
30%
115,700 110,590
30%
28%
32%
177,358 187,039
33%
31%
35%
589,358 563,148
0.3%
0.5%
0.5%
29,954
33,475
168,211 148,251
0.3%
0.4%
0.3%
49,322
59,942
228,997 254,144
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
183,159 194,870
767,392 754,345
13%
323
13%
315
10.6%
15.1%
14.7%
41
42
1,621
830
7%
93%
0%
100%
2%
98%
1%
99%
3%
97%
3%
97%
2%
98%
3%
97%
49%
51%
47%
53%
46%
54%
49%
51%
Enrollment Status
Full-time
Less than full-time
95%
5%
88%
12%
94%
6%
83%
17%
95%
5%
83%
17%
95%
5%
85%
15%
Gender e
Female
Male
71%
29%
64%
36%
66%
34%
65%
35%
67%
33%
67%
33%
64%
36%
64%
36%
Race/Ethnicity
Am. Indian/Native American
Asian/Asian Am./Pacific Isl.
Black/African American
White (non-Hispanic)
Mexican/Mexican American
Puerto Rican
Other Hispanic or Latino
Multiracial
Other
I prefer not to respond
0%
0%
89%
9%
0%
0%
3%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
83%
13%
0%
0%
0%
3%
0%
0%
1%
5%
17%
65%
1%
1%
2%
3%
1%
5%
1%
4%
16%
68%
1%
1%
2%
2%
1%
6%
1%
6%
6%
69%
4%
1%
3%
3%
2%
6%
1%
6%
6%
69%
4%
1%
3%
2%
2%
7%
1%
6%
7%
70%
2%
1%
3%
3%
2%
6%
1%
5%
7%
71%
3%
1%
3%
2%
1%
7%
International Student
0%
0%
4%
4%
5%
5%
5%
5%
Place of Residence
On-campus
Off-campus
54%
46%
28%
72%
65%
35%
12%
88%
64%
36%
12%
88%
72%
28%
21%
79%
Transfer Status
Transfer students
20%
37%
8%
43%
10%
51%
9%
41%
23%
77%
34%
66%
6%
94%
35%
65%
6%
94%
39%
61%
6%
94%
32%
68%
Class Level e
e
Age
Non-traditional (24 or older)
Traditional (less than 24)
a
b
Response rate (number of respondents divided by sample size) is adjusted for non-deliverable mailing addresses, students for whom contact information
was not available, and other students who were sampled yet unavailable during the survey administration.
This report is based on information from all randomly selected students for both your institution and your comparison institutions.
Targeted and locally administered oversamples (i.e., non-randomly selected students) are not included in this report.
c
Sampling error is an estimate of the margin by which the true score for your institution on a given item could differ from the reported score.
To interpret the sampling error, assume that 60% of your students reply "very often" to a particular item. If the sampling error is +/-5%, then the
true population value is most likely between 55% and 65%.
d
Percent of total respondents within each category. These results are not weighted.
e
Institution-reported data. This information was used to weight your Mean Comparisons, Frequency Distributions, and Benchmark Comparisons reports.