Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Keywords

Courses, Fall, Quarter, Student, Analysis

Abstract

Each time a student attempts to register for any Western course. a computer record is created, including the student ID, the course sought, and the outcome of the attempt. Using those records, we can generate estimates of the demand for each course at Western. This report presents findings for fall quarter, 2001. We plan parallel reports for winter and spring quarters-hopefully early enough to be used by departments considering course offerings for 2002-2003. The major limitation of the data presented here is that students use Classfinder to identify courses that are already filled vs. open. That means some demand for popular courses is not recorded, because students begin registration knowing the courses are already filled and do not attempt to register for them. In all likelihood, our findings regarding demand levels for particular courses are accurate except for the highest demand courses, which are underestimated. They will still appear as high demand, but the level we report is undoubtedly lower than actual demand. The first section of this report is devoted to a detailed description of the data we worked with and the ways in which we defined student demand. Anyone wishing to fully understand the data tables that accompany this report should read the section titled "The Data." Those who prefer not to read that section can skip to the "Some Findings" section. For those skipping "The Data." we include the following summary of our definition of student ''demand''

Identifier

406

Publisher

Digital object produced by Office of Survey Research, Western Washington University, and made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Education, Higher--Washington (State)--Curricula--Statistics; College students--Washington (State)--Statistics

Genre/Form

Reports

Type

Text

Rights

This resource is provided for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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