survey_response: Survey response data set

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Survey response data set

Description

Synthetic survey data from a community college used to illustrate survey non-response/response bias and methods to reduce this bias. This data set (survey_response) contains a list of respondents and non-respondents in a student satisfaction survey. It also contains demographic information of all students that were invited to participate in the survey. Actual survey results for the respondents are stored in the survey_results data set.

Usage

data(survey_response)

Format

A data frame with student level data attributes:

Email_Masked

student's masked email address, also serving as the student's unique identifier.

Responded

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student responded to the survey.

Age

the age of the student.

Female

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not the student identifies as female.

Ethnicity

ethnicity (one of: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic / Latino, Native American or Pacific Islander, Two or More Races, Unreported or Unknown, or White).

K12_Student

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is K-12 special admit student taking college courses.

First_Time_College_Student

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is a first time college student (not a university student taking courses at a community college, not a continuing student, not a returning student, etc.).

Veteran

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is a veteran.

DSPS

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student has ever leveraged the Disabled Student Programs and Services (eg, has a learning disability and requires extended test time).

EOPS

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student has ever been a part of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, a program focused on helping low income students succeed.

FinAidEver

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student has ever received federal or state financial aid at the district.

Honors

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is part of the college's honors program.

International

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is on an international student visa.

ESL

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is considered an English language learner.

Athlete

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student participate in the college's athletics program.

GPA_Beg_Of_Term

the student's cumulative grade point average (GPA) at the district prior to the start of the term in which the survey was administered. Students that have not attempted any courses previously will have a GPA of 0.

Units_Attempted_Beg_Of_Term

the total number of units the student attempted at the district prior to the start of the term in which the survey was administered.

Units

the student's total number of units enrolled in the term in which the survey was administered.

Noncredit_Student

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is non-credit student in the term in which the survey was administered.

Part_Time_Student

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is a part-time student (>0 and <12 units) in the term in which the survey was administered.

Full_Time_Student

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student is a full-time student (>=12 units) in the term in which the survey was administered.

Any_Online

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student was enrolled in at least 1 online course in the term in which the survey was administered.

All_Online

1 (yes) or 0 (no) indicating whether or not a student was enrolled in at all online course in the term in which the survey was administered.

Examples

data(survey_response)

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