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Using Factor Analysis To Organize Student Services.
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Majors, Mark S.; Sedlacek, William E. – Journal of College Student Development, 2001
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to provide an organizational framework for data collected from an entering class of students (N=1,912). Results from the EFA indicated that items on surveys could be grouped into dimensions that can be used to plan student services. Factors that emerged included: Religion/Spirituality, Help Seeking,…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Higher Education, Planning
Race and Gender Differences in the Transfer Student Experience
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Wawrzynski, Matthew R.; Sedlacek, William E. – Journal of College Student Development, 2003
The expectations, self-perceptions, past academic behaviors, and attitudes of transfer students were examined in this study. Participants were 2,492 incoming transfer students (53% female, 14% African American, 14% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 6% Hispanic/Latino/a, and 65% White, and had a mean age of 21.8) at a mid-Atlantic doctoral…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Student Surveys, Statistical Analysis, Transfer Students