pre course survey

2013-04-10 1:03 PMSurvey | Statistics: Making Sense of Data

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Step 1: Pre-Course Survey Please complete the beginning of course survey below.MOOCs are an exciting new learning adventure, and part of our goal in offering this courseis to learn about you including why you enrolled and what you hope to gain from thisexperience.

Step 2: True/False Questions Once you have answered the survey questions below, andbefore you watch any of the videos, we'd like to get a quick idea of your backgroundstatistics knowledge. Please answer this set of 10 true/false questions. At this point wedon't expect you to know any of the answers to these questions. Learning about yourknowledge before you start the course will help us measure its effectiveness.

Please note that neither the survey nor the background knowledge quiz is a courseevaluation, and they are not linked to the grading scheme.

Question 1Which of the following descriptions best characterizes you?

Student

Professional

Researcher

Academic / Professor

Lifelong Learner

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None of the above

Question 2Please rate the importance to you of the following possible reasons for enrolling in this

course. (Please rate on a scale of not important to very important)

Completelyunimportant

Mostlyunimportant

Somewhatimportant

Mostlyimportant

Extremelyimportant

This subjectis relevant tomy academicfield of study

This classteaches skillsthat will helpmy job/career

I want to earnsome sort ofcredentialthat I can useto enhancemy CVresume

Because thiscourse isoffered by aprestigiousuniversity

I think takingthis coursewill be funand



enjoyable

Question 3How many hours per week are you planning to spend on this course?

0 (I’m not taking the course—just browsing.)

1-3

4-6

7-9

10-12

13-15

>15

Question 4Please indicate your gender.

Male

Female

Prefer not to say

Question 5Please indicate your age group.

17 or under



18-25 years

26-45 years

46-55 years

56-65 years

66-75 years

76-85 years

86 years or older

Question 6Please indicate your highest level of education.

Less than high school

Completed high school

Completed some post-secondary education but did not earn a degree

Completed post-secondary education (college or university degree)

Completed post-graduate education (masters or doctoral degree)

Question 7Please indicate the region of the world in which you live.

North America

South America

Africa

Australia

Europe

Asia



Question 8Have you studied statistics before?

Yes, I have a degree in statistics or significant work experience.

Yes, I have taken some courses or have some work experience.

Yes, one of my courses had a unit on statistics.

Yes, I have done some personal reading or exploring on my own.

No, not at all.

Question 9How much work do you plan to do for this course?

I plan to complete all the requirements, including watching all videos, completing allquizzes and homework, and earning a statement of accomplishment.

I plan to watch most videos and complete quizzes but not do the homeworkassignments.

I plan to watch most videos and complete homework assignments but notcomplete the quizzes.

I plan to watch some videos, but am unlikely to take the quizzes or do thehomework.

I am not sure.

Question 10Counting only MOOCs that are currently finished, how many MOOCs have you enrolled

in, but not completed?



0

1-3

4-6

7-9

>10

Question 11Counting only MOOCs that are currently finished, how many MOOCs have you

completed?

0

1-3

4-6

7-9

>10

Question 12Counting MOOCs that are currently in progress (but not including this one), how many

MOOCs are you enrolled in?

0

1-3

4-6

7-9

>10



Question 13How would you describe your income level within your own community?

My income is above average for my community.

My income is average for my community.

My income is below average for my community.

Question 14The English language

Is my first language.

Is my second language.

is my third or later language.

Question 15Please use this space to tell us anything else you'd like us to know about you or about

why you enrolled in this course.

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