Student Culture & Climate Survey 2024

Chart 1. Surveys Completed by Each Week During the Data Collecon Period

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During the data collecon period, 1,132 students accessed the survey, with 966 compleng it, resulng in a cooperaon rate of 85.3%. Three students declined to give consent. The overall response rate for students was 20.6%. Specifically, the response rates were as follows: 19.2% for undergraduate students, 23.8% for master’s degree students, and 43.5% for PhD students. For this study, data collecon ulized the enre populaon rather than random samples. Tests of significance, such as Chi-Square and t-tests, are designed to assess whether the observed differences between groups during analysis exist in the populaon or are simply due to sampling error. Since no samples were used, there is no possibility of sampling error. Any differences between groups observed in this study's analysis reflect actual disparies in the populaon, provided that the overrepresentaon or underrepresentaon of any group does not bias the results. Interpretaon of Tables The tables displaying the overall results for each item in the quesonnaire show the percentage distribuon across each scale point, the percentage of overall agreement (or in some cases, disagreement) the total number of respondents who answered the queson, the overall mean value, and the standard deviaon for each item where applicable. The means are calculated on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 represenng the most negave (unfavorable) posion and 5 the most posive (favorable) unless otherwise specified. The number of respondents may vary for each item, as some individuals may choose not to answer certain quesons. All quesons within matrices were presented to respondents in a random order to eliminate order effects. The tables that show results by demographic subgroups indicate the mean score (and, in some cases, the percentage of individuals experiencing certain behaviors) for each subgroup, along with the maximum number of respondents within each category. When comparing groups based on demographic characteriscs, minor differences between groups should be ancipated and may simply result from non-responses. In contrast, larger differences are more likely to reflect actual variaons in atudes, percepons, and experiences between groups. For interpreng the mean scores on the Likert scale, the ranges are as follows: 1.00-2.49 indicates a negave atude, 2.50-3.49 reflects a neutral atude, and 3.50-5.00 suggests a posive atude, unless otherwise noted.