National Student Survey: are differences between universities and courses reliable and meaningful?
National Student Survey: are differences between universities and courses reliable and meaningful?
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DOI：
10.1080/03054985.2010.491179
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Marsh, Herbert W.
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作者：
Cheng, Jacqueline H. S.;Marsh, Herbert W.
向英格兰、北方爱尔兰、苏格兰和威尔士所有高等教育机构的最后一年学生（2005年和2006年分别为171 290名和157 342名学生）发送了全国学生课程体验满意度调查，并公布了调查结果。本研究从多层次的角度评估了NSS的可靠性和适当使用。虽然国家抽样调查的答复为区分大学和大学内的课程提供了有限的依据，但由于学生人数众多，大学的评级非常可靠，而且随着时间的推移非常稳定（2005年和2006年的排名相关r = 0.86）。尚未解决的问题是，大学之间非常小（仅解释了2-3%的方差）但可靠和稳定的差异是否为基准大学，自我完善和告知学生选择提供了有用的信息。
The National Student Survey (NSS) of course experience satisfaction is sent to final year students of all higher education institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (N = 171,290 and 157,342 students in 2005 and 2006) and results are made publicly available. The present investigation assesses the reliability and appropriate use of the NSS from a multilevel perspective. Although NSS responses provide a limited basis for discriminating amongst universities and courses within universities, the ratings of universities are highly reliable and stable over time due to the large number of students (2005 and 2006 rankings correlated r = .86). The unresolved question is whether very small (only 2-3% of the variance explained) but reliable and stable differences between universities provide useful information for benchmarking universities, self-improvement, and informing student choice.