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HOW TO READ THE STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL RATING FORM


SAMPLE 1:

 01 220 102 05   12776       Gary Gigliotti                                          
         ENROLL=   41       RESP=  26 (63%)     STRONGLY                    STRONGLY  # OF     MEAN    MEAN  MEAN   MEAN       
                                                DISAGREE        NEUTRAL       AGREE     NO      OF      OF    OF     OF      
PART A: UNIVERSITY-WIDE QUESTIONS:                   1      2      3      4     5   RESPONSES SECTION COURSE DEPT   LEVEL   


EXPLANATION OF NUMERICAL CODE:

01 School Code In this case corresponding to the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS)
220 Department/Program Code In this case corresponding to the Economics Department
103 Course Number  
01 Section Number Note:  In the case of a lecture the section number is 00, only because the lecture is comprised of all sections
40381 Index Number Note:  In the case of a lecture the index number is 99999, only because the lecture is not assigned a specific index number
ENROLL= Enrollment This is the enrollment for the course at the end of the drop-add period, and is provided to the Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research by OIT-ESS  (Office of Information Technology - Enterprise Services and Systems)
RESP= Responses This is the total number of forms properly completed by the students on the day the evaluation was conducted.  These forms were scanned and processed by the CTAAR.


SAMPLE 2:

                                                STRONGLY                    STRONGLY  # OF     MEAN    MEAN  MEAN   MEAN       
                                                DISAGREE        NEUTRAL       AGREE     NO      OF      OF    OF     OF      
PART A: UNIVERSITY-WIDE QUESTIONS:                   1      2      3      4     5   RESPONSES SECTION COURSE DEPT   LEVEL   

  1. The instructor was prepared for class and     
     presented the material in an organized manner   0      1      1      5    19       0      4.62    4.62  4.33   4.29

INTERPRETATION OF RESPONSE DATA:

FREQUENCY OF RESPONSE

For each of the university wide questions the student responds on a scale from 1 to 5.  (1=strongly disagree; 5=strongly agree). 
The five columns immediately to the right of each question
shows the frequency of response for each choice.

With regards to the above example:                  0 students responded with strongly disagree by marking a (1)
                                                                                  1 student responded by marking a (2)
                                                                                  1 students responded with neutral by marking a (3)
                                                                                5 students responded by marking a (4)
                                                                              19 students responded with strongly agree by marking a (5)

# OF NO RESPONSES
This shows the number of forms scanned on which there was no response for the corresponding question.
Note:  For paper surveys, the number of no responses also takes into account the number of responses which were made in a way the scanner could not read.  For example, questions responded to in an inappropriate color ink will be factored into this value.

 

EXPLANATION OF MEANS

MEAN OF SECTION
This shows the weighted average score for the instructor of  the section, on a scale from 1 to 5, for each question.  Just as a student's grade point average represents the student's average grade points per credit hour, the mean of section represents the instructor's average response per student in the section.  In the above example Professor Gigliotti received a 4.62 out of 5 for question number 1.

MEAN OF COURSE
This statistic shows the average score on the corresponding question, for all section of the course combined. (all sections scanned and contributing to this statistic have the same codes except for the section and index numbers)  If there is only one section of course, the mean of section and mean of course will always be the same. The mean of the course in this case is 4.62.

MEAN OF DEPARTMENT
This statistic shows the average score on the question for all courses scanned within the same department and school code as the course currently being reviewed.  In this case the mean of the Economics Department is  4.33.

MEAN OF XXX LEVEL
This statistic shows the mean score for all courses at the same level as the course currently being reviewed within the same school and department.  Professor Gigliotti's course was a 100 level introductory course.  The mean for all 100 level course in the Economics Department is 4.29.
 
 

Note that the rating form currently being used as an example and any other form is instructor specific and reflects student response in regards to that instructor only.

The first ten question of the Student Instructional Rating Form ar standardized for all departments.  Questions 11 through 19 are reserved  for use by the individual instructor, or by a department.  For example, the english department adds questions in the spaces marked 11 through 14, 16 and 17.  The physics department has five different version of the form, one for each type of course the department offers.

 

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