QUESTIONS
1. Satisfaction
a. How does satisfaction differ by:
i. Faculty; ii. Gender; iii. Years since starting at Laurier; iv. Fulltime or part time status;
v. International or domestic status; vi. Which school system the student attended
2. Academics
a. How does a student’s opportunities with experiential learning effect their satisfaction?
i. Number of opportunities and average rating of those opportunities
b. How does a student’s GPA effect their satisfaction?
i. High school, First year and current year ii. Are students who did well in high school, but poorly in first year less satisfied? iii. Are upper years who had a bad first year, but are doing well now more satisfied?
c. Are students who are had more accurate expectations of university
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Does the types of extra curricular a student is involved in matter to their level of satisfaction?
b. Are students who are involved in more extracurriculars more satisfied?
i. Less likely to have thought of leaving?
c. Are students who more hours of extracurriculars more satisfied?
i. Less likely to have thought of leaving?
d. Are upper years who stayed involved in extracurriculars more satisfied?
i. Less likely to have thought of leaving? ii. What about students who were not involved in first year, but are in their upper years?
4. FYE
a. Does a student’s reason for choosing Laurier effect their satisfaction?
b. Are student who rate Laurier’s reputations more highly more satisfied with school?
i. What about how they rate their Department? ii. Program? iii. Social life?
c. Does number of friends a student has in their first-year effect their satisfaction?
i. What about the make up of that friend group? Are students with more friends met a Laurier more satisfied? ii. What about the reported ease with which these students made friends?
d. Number of courses in first year
e. What effect does failing a class have on a student’s satisfaction?
i. Are student’s who failed classes in their first year more likely to have thought of
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Does the size of student’s first year classes effect their satisfaction?
i. Are students whose largest classes were smaller than the average more satisfied? ii. Are student whose smallest classes were larger than average less satisfied?
j. Does attending orientation make student’s more satisfied?
i. Or only for those with high ratings? ii. Does orientation help student make more friends? iii. Make friends more easily?
k. Are student’s happy with the resources at Laurier?
i. Are students who accesses more services more satisfied? ii. Are students who rate the services more highly, more satisfied? iii. Do these students do better in classes in upper years? iv. Is there a difference between how student rate and professors TA office hours?
l. How many people have thought about leaving but didn’t?
i. What are the most common reasons for having thought about leaving Laurier? ii. Are those students more satisfied now?
5. Sociodemographics
a. Parents educations
i. Are students with more educated parents more satisfied? ii. Do they feel like they had more accurate expectations of university than students with parents with low levels of education?
b. Does a student’s living situation effect their
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