NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
Interpreting the Benchmark Comparisons Report
To focus discussions about the importance of student engagement and to guide institutional improvement efforts, NSSE created five Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice: Level of Academic Challenge, Active and Collaborative Learning, Student-Faculty Interaction, Enriching
Educational Experiences, and Supportive Campus Environment. This Benchmark Comparisons Report compares the performance of your institution with your selected comparison groups. In addition, it provides comparisons with two sets of highly engaging institutions, those with benchmarks in the top 50% and top 10% of all NSSE institutions.
Each benchmark is an index of responses to several NSSE questions. Because NSSE questions have different response sets, each question’s response set was rescaled from zero to 100, and students’ rescaled responses were then averaged. Thus a benchmark score of zero would mean that every student chose the lowest response option for every item, and 100 would mean every student chose the highest response to every item.
Although benchmarks are reported on a 0-100 scale, they are not percentages.
Additional details regarding how benchmarks are created can be found on the NSSE Web site. nsse.iub.edu/links/institutional_reporting
Class and Sample
Means are reported for first-year students and seniors. Institutionreported class levels are used. All randomly selected or censusadministered students are included in these analyses. Students in targeted or locally administered oversamples are not included.
Mean
The mean is the weighted arithmetic average of the student level benchmark scores.
Statistical Significance
Benchmarks with mean differences that are larger than would be expected by chance alone are noted with one, two, or three asterisks, denoting one of three significance levels (p<.05, p< .01, and p<.001). The smaller the significance level, the smaller the likelihood that the difference is due to chance. Please note that statistical significance does not guarantee that the result is substantive or important. Large sample sizes (as with the NSSE project) tend to produce more statistically significant results even though the magnitude of mean differences may be inconsequential. Consult effect sizes to judge the practical meaning of the results.
Level of Academic Challenge (LAC)
Mean Comparisons
NSSEville State University compared with:
C las s
NSSEville State
M ean
a
Mid East Private
M ean
a
S ig b
Ef f ect
S iz e c
Carnegie Class
M ean
a
First-Year
Senior a b
54.4
58.6
53.7
57.3 **
.05
.09
We ighte d by ge nde r a nd e nro llm e nt s ta tus (a nd by ins titutio n s ize fo r c o m pa ris o n gro ups ).
* p<.05 ** p<.01 ***p<.001 (2-ta ile d).
53.3
56.9
S ig
*
*** b
Ef f ect
S iz e c
.08
.11
c M e a n diffe re nc e divide d by the po o le d s ta nda rd de via tio n.
M ean
NSSE 2011
a
54.1
57.5
S ig
* b
Ef f ect
S iz e c
.02
.07
Distributions of Student Benchmark Scores
First-Year
100 100
Senior
75
50
75
50
Effect Size a
Effect size indicates the practical significance of the mean difference. It is calculated by dividing the mean difference by the pooled standard deviation. In practice, an effect size of .2 is often considered small, .5 moderate, and .8 large. A positive sign indicates that your institution’s mean was greater, thus showing an affirmative result for the institution. A negative sign indicates the institution lags behind the comparison group, suggesting that the student behavior or institutional practice represented by the item may warrant attention.
Benchmark Description
& Survey Items
A description of the benchmark and the individual items used in its creation is provided.
25
0
NSSEville State Mid East Private Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
25
0
NSSEville State Mid East Private Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
No te : Ea c h bo x a nd whis ke rs c ha rt plo ts the 5th (bo tto m o f lo we r ba r), 25th (bo tto m o f bo x), 50th (m iddle line ), 75th (to p o f bo x), a nd 95th (to p o f uppe r ba r) pe rc e ntile s c o re s . The do t s ho ws the be nc hm a rk m e a n. S e e pa ge 2 fo r a n illus tra tio n. S e e pa ge s 10 a nd 11 fo r pe rc e ntile va lue s .
Level of Academic Challenge (LAC) Items
Challenging intellectual and creative work is central to student learning and collegiate quality. Colleges and universities promote high levels of student achievement by emphasizing the importance of academic effort and setting high expectations for student performance.
Box and Whiskers Charts
A visual display of first-year and senior benchmark score dispersion for your institution and your selected comparison or consortium groups.
Hours spent preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, doing homework or lab work, etc. related to academic program)
Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings
Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more, between 5 and 19 pages, and fewer than 5 pages
Coursework emphasizes:
Coursework emphasizes:
Analysis of the basic elements of an idea, experience or theory
Synthesis and organizing of ideas, information, or experiences into new, more complex interpretations and relationships
Coursework emphasizes:
Coursework emphasizes:
Making of judgments
Applying about the value of information, arguments, or methods theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations
Working harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or expectations
Campus environment emphasizes: Spending significant amount of time studying and on academic work
95th
Percentile
Box and Whiskers Key
A box and whiskers chart is a concise way to summarize the variation of student benchmark scores. This display compares the distribution of scores at your institution, in percentile terms, with that of your comparison groups. The ends of the whiskers show the 5th and 95th percentile scores, while the box is bounded by the 25th and 75th percentiles. The bar inside the box indicates the median score, and the dot shows the mean score.
75th
Percentile
50th
Percentile/Median (Bar)
Mean
(Dot)
25th
Percentile
5th
Percentile a See
Contextualizing NSSE Effect Sizes
at nsse.iub.edu/pdf/effect_size_guide.pdf for additional information. 2

NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Mean Comparisons University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point compared with:
UW
Class
UW-Stevens Point
Mean
a
Comprehensives
Mean
a
Sig b
First-Year
Senior
50.9
55.5
51.4
56.2 a Weighted by gender and enrollment status (and by institution size for comparison groups). b * p<.05 ** p<.01 ***p<.001 (2-tailed). c Mean difference divided by the pooled standard deviation.
Effect
Size c
-.05
-.05
Carnegie Class
Mean
a
53.5
58.1
Sig b
***
***
Effect
Size c
-.20
-.19
NSSE 2011
Mean
a
53.7
57.4
Sig b
***
***
Effect
Size c
-.21
-.13
Distributions of Student Benchmark Scores
First-Year
100 100
Senior
75
50
25
75
50
25
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
Note: Each box and whiskers chart plots the 5th (bottom of lower bar), 25th (bottom of box), 50th (middle line), 75th (top of box), and 95th (top of upper bar) percentile scores. The dot shows the benchmark mean. See page 2 for an illustration. See pages 10 and 11 for percentile values.
Level of Academic Challenge (LAC) Items
Challenging intellectual and creative work is central to student learning and collegiate quality. Colleges and universities promote high levels of student achievement by emphasizing the importance of academic effort and setting high expectations for student performance.
Hours spent preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, doing homework or lab work, etc. related to academic program)
Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings
Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more, between 5 and 19 pages, and fewer than 5 pages
Coursework emphasizes:
Analysis
of the basic elements of an idea, experience or theory
Coursework emphasizes:
Synthesis
and organizing of ideas, information, or experiences into new, more complex interpretations
and relationships
Coursework emphasizes:
Making of judgments
about the value of information, arguments, or methods
Coursework emphasizes:
Applying
theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations
Working harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or expectations
Campus environment emphasizes: Spending significant amount of time studying and on academic work
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Mean Comparisons University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point compared with:
UW
Class
UW-Stevens Point
Mean
a
Comprehensives
Mean
a
Sig b
First-Year
Senior
40.6
53.3
40.9
52.0 * a Weighted by gender and enrollment status (and by institution size for comparison groups). b * p<.05 ** p<.01 ***p<.001 (2-tailed). c Mean difference divided by the pooled standard deviation.
Effect
Size c
-.02
.08
Carnegie Class
Mean
a
44.2
52.1
Sig b
***
*
Effect
Size c
-.21
.06
NSSE 2011
Mean
a
43.2
51.3
Sig b
***
***
Effect
Size c
-.15
.11
Distributions of Student Benchmark Scores
First-Year
100 100
Senior
75
50
25
75
50
25
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
Note: Each box and whiskers chart plots the 5th (bottom of lower bar), 25th (bottom of box), 50th (middle line), 75th (top of box), and 95th (top of upper bar) percentile scores. The dot shows the benchmark mean. See page 2 for an illustration. See pages 10 and 11 for percentile values.
Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL) Items
Students learn more when they are intensely involved in their education and asked to think about what they are learning in different settings.
Collaborating with others in solving problems or mastering difficult material prepares students for the messy, unscripted problems they will encounter daily during and after college.
Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions
Made a class presentation
Worked with other students on projects during class
Worked with classmates outside of class
to prepare class assignments
Tutored or taught other students (paid or voluntary)
Participated in a community-based project (e.g., service learning) as part of a regular course
Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with others outside of class (students, family members, co-workers, etc.)
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Mean Comparisons University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point compared with:
UW
Class
UW-Stevens Point
Mean
a
Comprehensives
Mean
a
Sig b
First-Year
Senior
32.4
44.3
31.1 *
41.5 *** a Weighted by gender and enrollment status (and by institution size for comparison groups). b * p<.05 ** p<.01 ***p<.001 (2-tailed). c Mean difference divided by the pooled standard deviation.
Effect
Size c
.07
.14
Carnegie Class
Mean
a
35.5
42.5
Sig b
***
**
Effect
Size c
-.16
.09
NSSE 2011
Mean
a
34.4
41.9
Sig b
***
***
Effect
Size c
-.11
.11
Distributions of Student Benchmark Scores
First-Year
100 100
Senior
75
50
25
75
50
25
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
Note: Each box and whiskers chart plots the 5th (bottom of lower bar), 25th (bottom of box), 50th (middle line), 75th (top of box), and 95th (top of upper bar) percentile scores. The dot shows the benchmark mean. See page 2 for an illustration. See pages 10 and 11 for percentile values.
Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI) Items
Students learn firsthand how experts think about and solve practical problems by interacting with faculty members inside and outside the classroom. As a result, their teachers become role models, mentors, and guides for continuous, life-long learning.
Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor
Talked about career plans with a faculty member or advisor
Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with faculty members outside of class
Worked with faculty members on activities other than coursework (committees, orientation, student-life activities, etc.)
Received prompt written or oral feedback from faculty on your academic performance
Worked on a research project with a faculty member outside of course or program requirements
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Mean Comparisons University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point compared with:
UW
Class
UW-Stevens Point
Mean
a
Comprehensives
Mean
a
Sig b
First-Year
Senior
24.5
39.8
24.0
39.1 a Weighted by gender and enrollment status (and by institution size for comparison groups). b * p<.05 ** p<.01 ***p<.001 (2-tailed). c Mean difference divided by the pooled standard deviation.
Effect
Size c
.04
.04
Carnegie Class
Mean
a
26.5
38.5
Sig b
***
*
Effect
Size c
-.14
.07
NSSE 2011
Mean
a
27.8
40.4
Sig b
***
Effect
Size c
-.24
-.03
Distributions of Student Benchmark Scores
First-Year
100 100
Senior
75
50
25
75
50
25
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
Note: Each box and whiskers chart plots the 5th (bottom of lower bar), 25th (bottom of box), 50th (middle line), 75th (top of box), and 95th (top of upper bar) percentile scores. The dot shows the benchmark mean. See page 2 for an illustration. See pages 10 and 11 for percentile values.
Enriching Educational Experiences (EEE) Items
Complementary learning opportunities enhance academic programs. Diversity experiences teach students valuable things about themselves and others. Technology facilitates collaboration between peers and instructors. Internships, community service, and senior capstone courses provide opportunities to integrate and apply knowledge.
Hours spent participating in co-curricular activities (organizations, campus publications, student gov., social fraternity or sorority, etc.)
Practicum, internship, field experience, co-op experience, or clinical assignment
Community service or volunteer work
Foreign language coursework and study abroad
Independent study or self-designed major
Culminating senior experience (capstone course, senior project or thesis, comprehensive exam, etc.)
Serious conversations with students of different religious beliefs, political opinions, or personal values
Serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity than your own
Using electronic medium (e.g., listserv, chat group, Internet, instant messaging, etc.) to discuss or complete an assignment
Campus environment encouraging contact among students from different economic, social, and racial or ethnic backgrounds
Participate in a learning community or some other formal program where groups of students take two or more classes together
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Mean Comparisons University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point compared with:
UW
Class
UW-Stevens Point
Mean
a
Comprehensives
Mean
a
Sig b
First-Year
Senior
62.0
61.3
60.7 *
59.8 * a Weighted by gender and enrollment status (and by institution size for comparison groups). b * p<.05 ** p<.01 ***p<.001 (2-tailed). c Mean difference divided by the pooled standard deviation.
Effect
Size c
.07
.08
Carnegie Class
Mean
a
63.1
61.3
Sig b
*
Effect
Size c
-.06
.00
NSSE 2011
Mean
a
62.7
59.1
Sig b
***
Effect
Size c
-.04
.11
Distributions of Student Benchmark Scores
First-Year
100 100
Senior
75
50
25
75
50
25
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
0
UW-Stevens PointUW Comprehensives Carnegie Class NSSE 2011
Note: Each box and whiskers chart plots the 5th (bottom of lower bar), 25th (bottom of box), 50th (middle line), 75th (top of box), and 95th (top of upper bar) percentile scores. The dot shows the benchmark mean. See page 2 for an illustration. See pages 10 and 11 for percentile values.
Supportive Campus Environment (SCE) Items
Students perform better and are more satisfied at colleges that are committed to their success and cultivate positive working and social relations among different groups on campus.
Campus environment provides the support you need to help you succeed academically
Campus environment helps you cope with your non-academic responsibilities (work, family, etc.)
Campus environment provides the support you need to thrive socially
Quality of relationships with other students
Quality of relationships with faculty members
Quality of relationships with administrative personnel and offices
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
With Highly Engaging Institutions
Interpreting the Top 10% and Top 50% Comparisons
This section of the NSSE Benchmark Comparisons report allows you to estimate the performance of your average student in relation to the average student attending two different institutional peer groups identified by NSSE for their high levels of student engagement: (a) institutions with benchmark scores placing them in the top 50% of all NSSE schools in 2011 and (b) institutions with benchmark scores in the top 10% for 2011.
a These comparisons allow an institution to determine if the engagement of their students differs in significant, meaningful ways from students in these high performing peer groups.
Example
LAC
ACL
SFI
EEE
SCE
57.1
50.3
37.3
21.8
60.9
55.8 *
45.8 ***
37.2
30.0 ***
64.7 ***
.10
.28
.01
-.63
-.21
NSSEville State compared with
60.5 ***
50.7
42.0 ***
34.4 ***
69.7 ***
-0.28
-0.02
-0.24
-0.98
-0.49
Based on the example above NSSEville State CAN conclude...
w The average score for NSSEville State first-year students is slightly above (i.e., small positive effect size)
that of the average student attending NSSE 2011 schools that scored in the top 50% on Level of Academic
Challenge (LAC). w The average NSSEville State first-year student is as engaged (i.e., not significantly different) as the average
student attending NSSE 2011 schools that scored in the top 10% on Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL). w It is likely
that NSSEville State is in the top 50% of all NSSE 2011 schools for first-year students on Level of
Academic Challenge (LAC) and Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL).
a
Based on the example above NSSEville State CANNOT conclude a
...
w NSSEville State is in the top half of all schools on the Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI) benchmark for first-year
students.
w NSSEville State is a "top ten percent" institution on Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL) for first-year
students.
Additional information regarding the Top 50% and Top 10% section of the benchmark report can be found on the NSSE
Web site. nsse.iub.edu/links/institutional_reporting a Precision-weighted means (produced by Hierarchical Linear Modeling) were used to determine the top 50% and top
10% institutions for each benchmark, separately for first-year and senior students. Using this method, benchmark
scores of institutions with relatively large standard errors are adjusted substantially toward the grand mean of all
students, while those with smaller standard errors receive smaller corrections. Thus, schools with less stable data,
though they may have high scores, may not be identified among the top scorers. NSSE does not publish the names
of the top 50% and top 10% institutions because of our commitment not to release individual school results and
our policy against the ranking of institutions.
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
With Highly Engaging Institutions
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
LAC
ACL
SFI
EEE
SCE
LAC
ACL
SFI
EEE
SCE
UW-Stevens
Point
Mean
50.9
40.6
32.4
24.5
62.0
55.5
53.3
44.3
39.8
61.3
a
UW-Stevens Point compared with
NSSE 2011 NSSE 2011
Mean a
Top 50% b
Sig Effect size
56.7
***
48.0
***
39.3
***
30.5
***
67.4
***
60.5
***
56.2
***
49.3
***
46.7
***
64.9
*** c
Mean a
Top 10% b
Sig Effect size
-.45
60.6
***
-.44
52.1
***
-.36
43.7
***
-.45
33.7
***
-.29
71.2
***
-.36
64.1
***
-.17
60.1
***
-.23
56.0
***
-.39
55.3
***
-.19
68.7
***
-.79
-.65
-.53
-.66
-.52
-.66
-.39
-.52
-.93
-.40
c
100
75
50
25
0
First-Year
Level of Academic Challenge
(LAC)
100
75
50
25
100
Active and Collaborative Learning
(ACL)
100 100
First-Year
0
Student-Faculty Interaction
100
(SFI)
75
UW-Stevens Point
Top 50%
Top 10%
This display compares your students with those attending schools that scored in the top 50% and top 10% of all NSSE
2011 institutions on a particular benchmark.
50
25
0
100
75
75
50
25
First-Year
0
Senior
75
50
25
0
25
First-Year
0
75
50
Enriching Educational Experiences
(EEE)
100 100
75
Supportive Campus Environment
(SCE)
100
75
50
75
50 50 50
25 25 25 25
0
First-Year
0
Senior
0
First-Year
0
Note: Each box and whiskers chart plots the 5th (bottom of lower bar), 25th (bottom of box), 50th (middle line), 75th (top of box), and 95th (top of upper bar) percentile scores. The dot shows the benchmark mean. See page 2 for an illustration. See pages 10 and 11 for percentile values.
a Weighted by gender and enroll. status (and by inst. size for comp. groups).
b * p<.05 ** p<.01 ***p<.001 (2-tailed).
c Mean diff. divided by the pooled standard dev.
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
With Highly Engaging Institutions
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Senior of Academic Challenge
Senior
Faculty Interaction
Senior
Supportive Campus Environment
Senior
Note: Each box and whiskers chart plots the 5th (bottom of lower bar), 25th (bottom of box), 50th (middle line), 75th (top of box), and 95th (top of upper bar) percentile scores. The dot shows the benchmark mean. See page 2 for an illustration. See pages 10 and 11 for percentile values.
a Weighted by gender and enroll. status (and by inst. size for comp. groups).
b * p<.05 ** p<.01 ***p<.001 (2-tailed).
c Mean diff. divided by the pooled standard dev.
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
Detailed Statistics and Effect Sizes a
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Mean Statistics
First-Year Students
Distribution Statistics
Percentiles d
5th 25th 50th 75th 95th
Deg. of
Freedom e
Reference Group
Comparison Statistics
Mean
Diff.
Sig. f
Mean SD b SEM c
LEVEL OF ACADEMIC CHALLENGE (LAC)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 814) 50.9
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
51.4
53.5
53.7
56.7
60.6
ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING (ACL)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 835) 40.6
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
40.9
44.2
43.2
48.0
52.1
14.7
15.6
17.3
16.9
16.8
17.9
11.9
12.3
13.6
13.3
12.9
12.4
STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTION (SFI)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 814)
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
32.4
31.1
35.5
34.4
39.3
43.7
16.4
16.8
19.1
18.6
19.3
21.3
.5
.0
.1
.2
.1
.1
.4
.1
.1
.0
.0
.1
.6
.2
.1
.0
.1
.2
33
32
31
32
35
40
19
19
19
19
24
24
11
11
11
11
11
11
42
43
44
45
48
52
29
29
33
33
38
38
22
17
22
22
27
28
50
51
54
54
57
61
38
38
43
43
48
52
28
28
33
33
39
40
59
60
63
63
66
69
48
50
52
52
57
62
44
39
44
44
50
56
71
72
75
75
77
80
67
67
76
71
76
83
67
61
72
72
78
83
8,163
881
818
825
20,048
8,749
903
839
851
936
8,219
881
818
832
950
ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES (EEE)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 809) 24.5
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
24.0
26.5
27.8
30.5
33.7
12.1
12.0
14.1
13.5
13.3
13.9
.4
.0
.0
.1
.1
.1
8
8
11
12
8
8
16
15
17
18
21
24
23
22
25
26
29
33
32
31
35
36
39
43
46
46
51
51
53
57
7,992
879
813
818
876
SUPPORTIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT (SCE)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 796)
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
62.0
60.7
63.1
62.7
67.4
71.2
16.2
17.3
19.2
19.0
18.4
18.0
.6
.0
.1
.1
.2
.1
33
31
31
31
36
39
53
50
50
50
56
58
64
61
64
64
69
72
72
72
78
89
89
94
75
81
94
97
83 100
1,013
868
800
811
879 a All statistics are weighted by gender and enrollment status. Comparison group statistics are also weighted by institutional size.
b Standard deviation is a measure of the amount the individual scores deviate from the mean of all the scores in the distribution.
c Standard Error of the Mean: Use SEM to compute a confidence interval (CI) around the sample mean. For example, the 95% CI is the range of values that is d
95% likely to contain the true population mean, equal to the sample mean +/- 1.96 * SEM.
A percentile is the point in the distribution of student-level benchmark scores at or below which a given percentage of benchmark scores fall.
e Degrees of freedom used to compute the t-tests. Values vary for the total Ns due to weighting and whether equal variances were assumed.
f Statistical significance represents the probability that the difference between the mean of your institution and that of the comparison group occurred by chance. g Effect size is calculated by subtracting the comparison group mean from the school mean, and dividing the result by the pooled standard deviation.
1.2
-1.2
-.8
-5.4
-9.3
.5
-2.0
-3.2
-6.0
-9.2
-.6
-2.7
-2.8
-5.8
-9.8
-.3
-3.5
-2.5
-7.4
-11.5
1.3
-3.1
-2.0
-6.9
-11.3
.043
.048
.180
.000
.000
.228
.000
.000
.000
.000
.043
.000
.000
.000
.000
.217
.000
.000
.000
.000
.655
.000
.000
.000
.000
Effect size g
IPEDS: 240480
-.02
-.21
-.15
-.44
-.65
-.05
-.20
-.21
-.45
-.79
.07
-.16
-.11
-.36
-.53
.04
-.14
-.24
-.45
-.66
.07
-.06
-.04
-.29
-.52
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NSSE 2011 Benchmark Comparisons
Detailed Statistics and Effect Sizes a
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Seniors
Mean Statistics
Mean SD b SEM c
LEVEL OF ACADEMIC CHALLENGE (LAC)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 1002) 55.5
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
56.2
58.1
57.4
60.5
64.1
ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING (ACL)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 1031) 53.3
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
52.0
52.1
51.3
56.2
60.1
16.9
16.8
18.2
17.7
17.1
17.8
13.0
13.5
14.0
14.2
13.6
13.0
STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTION (SFI)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 1007)
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
44.3
41.5
42.5
41.9
49.3
56.0
20.8
20.4
21.0
21.2
21.7
22.5
.5
.0
.1
.2
.1
.1
.4
.2
.1
.0
.0
.1
.7
.2
.1
.0
.1
.2
5th
35
33
34
33
37
42
29
24
24
24
29
33
17
11
11
11
17
22
Distribution Statistics
Percentiles d
25th
47
47
49
48
51
56
43
38
38
38
43
48
28
28
28
28
33
39
50th
55
56
58
58
61
65
52
52
52
52
57
62
39
39
39
39
50
56
75th
64
66
68
67
70
73
67
62
67
62
67
71
61
56
56
56
67
72
95th
77
78
80
80
82
84
81
81
83
81
86
90
83
78
83
83
89
94
Deg. of
Freedom e
Reference Group
Comparison Statistics
8,060
1,084
1,007
1,020
20,216
8,493
1,115
409,359
110,240
1,148
8,106
29,694
390,557
83,394
1,198
Mean
Diff.
ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES (EEE)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 994) 39.8
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
39.1
38.5
40.4
46.7
55.3
16.9
16.7
18.2
18.2
17.8
16.6
.5
.0
.0
.1
.2
.1
14
14
11
12
17
26
28
26
25
27
34
44
39
39
37
40
47
56
51
51
51
53
59
67
69
68
69
72
76
82
7,923
1,076
999
144,292
18,993
SUPPORTIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT (SCE)
UW-Stevens Point (N = 987)
UW Comprehensives
Carnegie Class
NSSE 2011
Top 50%
Top 10%
61.3
59.8
61.3
59.1
64.9
68.7
17.6
17.6
19.3
19.5
18.9
18.6
.6
.0
.1
.1
.2
.1
28
31
28
25
33
36
50
47
47
47
53
56
61
61
61
58
67
69
72
72
75
89
89
94
72
78
92
97
83 100
7,804
1,074
993
1,008
1,112 a All statistics are weighted by gender and enrollment status. Comparison group statistics are also weighted by institutional size.
b Standard deviation is a measure of the amount the individual scores deviate from the mean of all the scores in the distribution.
c Standard Error of the Mean: Use SEM to compute a confidence interval (CI) around the sample mean. For example, the 95% CI is the range of values that is d
95% likely to contain the true population mean, equal to the sample mean +/- 1.96 * SEM.
A percentile is the point in the distribution of student-level benchmark scores at or below which a given percentage of benchmark scores fall.
e Degrees of freedom used to compute the t-tests. Values vary for the total Ns due to weighting and whether equal variances were assumed.
f Statistical significance represents the probability that the difference between the mean of your institution and that of the comparison group occurred by chance. g Effect size is calculated by subtracting the comparison group mean from the school mean, and dividing the result by the pooled standard deviation.
1.5
.0
2.2
-3.6
-7.5
.7
1.3
-.6
-6.8
-15.5
-.7
-2.6
-1.9
-5.0
-8.6
1.3
1.2
2.0
-2.9
-6.9
2.8
1.8
2.3
-5.1
-11.7
Sig.
.112
.000
.000
.000
.000
.022
.029
.000
.000
.000
.000
.007
.000
.000
.000
.205
.015
.251
.000
.000
.013
.985
.000
.000
.000
f
Effect size g
IPEDS: 240480
.08
.06
.11
-.17
-.39
-.05
-.19
-.13
-.36
-.66
.14
.09
.11
-.23
-.52
.04
.07
-.03
-.39
-.93
.08
.00
.11
-.19
-.40
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