There are two types of data to collect for Statistics:
General Information (Non-Statistical)
Scalable
A PDF document from St. Mary's College in California, is a real report! https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/files/FACTORSTHATIMPACTSTUDENTSUCCESS.pdf
1. General Information sometimes called a Non-Statistical: What "Kind of a student" answered these question (From the example PDF it is on page 4 in PINK) It is how you want to BREAK DOWN your statistics.
Gender: Male, Female, None
Residency: In state student, Out of State student
GPA: 0.0 - 4.0
Minority: White/Cacusian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, other
Language: English is Native Language, English is Second Language(ESL)
Major field of study:
Home State = list the 52 states+
Have they sought personal counseling: Yes, No, Thought About it, Made appointment but didn't keep it, other
2. Scalable Information or sometimes called Statistical Question (also on page 4 of the PDF)
is where you can "RANK the answers" of the students satisfaction levels
Now look on page 4 and see how the categories of Social, Academic, Financial, etc
Could you scale this from 1 - 10 ??? or have options like: yes, no or maybe
the smaller bulleted items could be how you explain what Social means ... for example
Please Rate from 1 - 10 where 1 = very engaged, and 10=no engagement
To your Community Engagement, Office Campus Social Interaction or Social Involvement or Social Satisfaction and Sense of Belonging. Or if you wanted more specifics you could ask individual questions in each catagory.
Think about when YOU take a survey - you are asked to put in your Name, eMail address and Major - think of these as General Information. After you have entered your basic/general information, you are then asked your opinions on different topics - this is the Scalable/Stastical Information. ex. Did you feel satisfied (1) to dissatisfied (10) about the amount of time you spent with faculty this semester.
The Scalable information gives you the statistics: 75% of students were satisfied with their Instructor Interaction. You can now break this 75%
But it doesn't break that percentage down into different KINDS of students, that is where the General or Non-Statistical information comes from: ex. 45% of Females and 30% of Males were satisfied with their instructors interaction.
I like the way Khan Academy explains the two types of Questions asked in Statistics. https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/statistical-studies/statistical-questions/v/statistical-questions
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Another concept is Correlation and Causality - that helps us think about the data we collect