35 th Annual Spring Student Survey Statement of Methodology Who We Are The SCSU Survey is an ongoing survey research extension of the Social Science Research Institute in the College of Social Sciences at St Cloud State University ID: 720394
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St. Cloud State University Survey Research Center
35
th
Annual Spring Student SurveySlide2
Statement
of
MethodologySlide3
Who We Are
The SCSU Survey is an ongoing survey research extension of the Social Science Research Institute in the College of Social Sciences at St. Cloud State University.
The Survey’s faculty directors are:
Dr. Steve Frank – Political Science
Dr. Jim Cottrill – Political Science
Dr. Ann Finan – Sociology
Dr. Monica Garcia-Perez – Economics
Dr. John Kulas – Psychology
Dr. Steven Wagner – Political Science
Dr. Sandrine Zerbib – SociologySlide4
Student Directors
LEAD STUDENT SUPERVISING DIRECTOR
Mr. Ben Svendsen
Senior, History
and Political Science Majors, Winona, Minnesota
ASSISTANT STUDENT SUPERVISING DIRECTOR
Ms. Megan Kalk
3
rd
Year Student,
Sociology and International Relations Majors, Onamia, Minnesota
STUDENT TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Ms. Irina Nishat
Information System Major, Auckland, New ZealandSlide5
Student Directors
STUDENT SUPERVISING DIRECTORS
Ms. Maria Mueller
2
nd
Year Student, Political Science and International Relations Majors, Dover, Minnesota
Mr. Brian Dean
4
th
Year Student,
Applied Sociology Major
,
Bloomington,
Minnesota
LAB DIRECTOR
Ms
. Karen Stay
Graduate Student, B.A. Anthropology, B.A. Sociology,
B.S
. Community Health, Cold Spring, MinnesotaSlide6
Student Callers and Ethics
The callers came from the classes of Drs. Zerbib, Finan
,
Cottrill and Robinson.
Everyone underwent a general training session.
Student callers signed a statement of ethics.
Student directors also sign a statement of ethics.
As part of ethics practices, students of the sample were notified via email one week before calling that they may be contacted by the Survey Center. Slide7
SCSU Survey Lab
The SCSU Survey operates a Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Lab on the St. Cloud State University campus. The CATI Lab is equipped with 19 interviewer stations.
The SCSU Survey is licensed to use Sawtooth Software’s Ci3 Questionnaire Authoring Version 6.0, a state-of-the-art windows-based computer-assisted interviewing package. Slide8
Calling Equipment
Computer with
WinCati
Program
Mouse and Number Key Pad
Headset with Microphone
M-12
Plantronic
VISTA Headset Control Box
Corded Push Button PhoneSlide9
The Calling
The sample was obtained from David Kosel, Center for Information Systems.
Findings are based on telephone interviews with a representative sample of currently enrolled SCSU students.
Before calling began, the original sample was comprised of 2200 students, including 600 dorm residents and 1,600 off-campus residents.
The sample included both landline phones and cell phones.
Interviews were conducted from February 15th to
February
19
th
,
2015.
Calls were made at various times during the week (Sunday through Thursday, 4:30 to 9:30) to maximize contacts and ensure equal opportunities to respond.Slide10
Sample Error
505
respondents completed the survey.
The margin of sampling error for the complete set of weighted data is ±4.4 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.
Then analysis is made of sub-samples such as respondent gender, dorm residence, etc., the sample error may be larger.Slide11
Cooperation and Response Rate
The cooperation rate for the survey was
74%
.
The cooperation rate is determined by dividing the number of completed interviews (
508
), by the total of completed interviews, partial interviews, and refusals (total =
687
).
The overall response rate for the survey was
29%
.
The response rate is determined by dividing the number of completed interviews (
508
), by the total of completed interviews, partial interviews, refusals, non-contacts, plus 90% of the cases with unknown eligibility (total =
1779
).Slide12
Demographics and CompletionsSlide13
Sex
Percent
Female
52
Male
48
Age
Percent
Under
18
4
18-19
23
20-21
26
22-24
22
25-29
11
30-34
5
35+
8
Standing
Percent
First
Year13Sophomore18Junior20Senior28Graduate14Special7
EthnicityPercentAmerican Indian or Alaska Native1Asian6Black or African American6Latino/a or Chicano/a3Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1International8White72Two or More Races3
Resident StatusPercentResident83Non-Resident17
Source: Analytics
& Institutional Research
1/27/2015Slide14
St. Cloud State University Survey Research Center
The Pulse of SCSUSlide15
I would like to start by asking whether
you think SCSU is on the right track or whether you think SCSU is going in the wrong direction?
N=501
SCSU Survey:
2015
Student Spring SurveySlide16
Comparison to Previous Years
Pulse
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Right Track
84%
87%
90%
84%
73%
79%
83%
88%
82%
Wrong Direction
6%
5%
3%
7%
13%9%8%5%9%Don’t Know10%
8%7%9%14%12%9%7%9%Slide17
What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the
SCSU
c
ommunity
?
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide18
Biggest Challenge Throughout
the Years
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Budget/State Support
13%
26%
5%
Cost/Tuition
12%
11%
16%
7%
7%
12%
12%
16%
9%
8%6%Diversity/Race Relations12%6%6%12%
8%8%10%6%9%
7%
Drink/Drug Use
4%
8%
7%
4%
4%
6%
10%
10%
5%
8%
Library Hours
4%
Parking
20%
13%
14%
12%
8%
6%
6%
Safety
5%
11%
12%
10%
9%
Other
25%
6%Slide19
Topics Covered in the Survey
Safety
Law Enforcement
Time Management
Alternate Transportation
Stress
Alcohol Use
Tobacco Policy
MarijuanaSlide20
Megan Kalk and Maria Muelller
Safety and Law EnforcementSlide21
On a scale of 1 to 5, how safe do you feel on campus at night, with 1 being very unsafe and 5 being very safe?
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide22
Level of Safety Felt at Night by age
.
N=451
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide23
Level of Safety Felt at Night by Ethnicity
.
N=458
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide24
Level of Safety Felt at Night by S
ex
N=460
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide25
In which of the following areas on or around campus do you feel most concerned regarding your personal safety?
-North
end of campus, which is the main dorm area
-Central area, which would include Atwood and the Library area
-Near South end, by the Education building, ECC, and Wick-Science building
-Far South end, by the Hockey Center and Halenbeck
-Student lots K and Q
-The Coborn Plaza
-
Residential district between 5
th
avenue and 9
th
avenue
-There is no area of concern for
youSlide26
16%
-
Residential District
22%-
No area of Concern
SCSU Survey:
2015
Student Spring Survey
N=503
4% Never been to campus
6% Don’t Know
2%
4%
4%
23%
17%
2%Slide27
Longitudinal Comparison
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
North End
5%
4%
5%
5%
1%
2%
Central Area
5%
6%
5%
6%
5%
4%
Near South End
8%
6%
5%
6%
3%4%Far South End17%16%19%19%25%23%Lots K & Q18%19%17%19%19%17%
Coborn PlazaN/A2%2%3%1%2%Residential District16%20%20%19%19%16%No Area of Concern27%19%20%19%24%26%Don’t Know5%
8%7%4%3%6%Slide28
How much confidence do you have in police
officers in your community
to
not
use excessive
force on suspects?
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide29
Confidence in Police Officers to Not
Use Excessive Force by Ethnicity
N=476
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide30
Confidence in Police Officers to Not
Use Excessive Force by
Age
N=468
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide31
Confidence in Police Officers to Not
Use Excessive Force by
Sex
No significant difference between sexes was
found
49%
of males had a great deal of confidence compared with 44% of
females
7%
of males had very little confidence compared with
9%
for
females
N=477
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide32
How Much Confidence Do You, Yourself,
Have
In Law Enforcement?
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide33
Confidence in Law Enforcement by Sex
N=500
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide34
Confidence in Law Enforcement
by Ethnicity
N=499
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide35
Confidence in Law Enforcement by
A
ge
N=494
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide36
Noteworthy
Asian students reported having some of the least confidence in police to
NOT
use excessive force, with 48% having only some or very little confidence
.
Generally, males and females did NOT differ in their confidence in police, and confidence in police to NOT use excessive force.
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide37
Karen Stay
Stress and Time ManagementSlide38
During the past six months my life seems: Very Stressful, Somewhat Stressful, Occasionally Stressful or Not Stressful At All
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide39
How Females and Males Categorize their Stress
N=503
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide40
Level of Stress felt by GPA
group
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide41
Main source of stress in your life comes from School Demands, Work Demands, Family Demands or Social Demands
N=465
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide42
Level of Stress Felt and Stressor Identified
N=465
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide43
Stress felt based on Student Status
N=503
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide44
Students who said School Demands based on
Student Status
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide45
How Students Spend
T
heir
T
ime
CREDHRS –
Number of credits registered for Spring
HRSWORK –
Number of hours would you say you spend working at paid or unpaid job per
week
HRSOC – Number
of hours spent socializing with friends
CREDHRS
HRSWORK
HRSOC
N
503
500
499
Mean
12.1319.2212.09
Median13.0020.0010.00The amount of stress felt by students has increased slightly since last year.SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide46
How Students S
pend
T
heir
T
ime
N=503
Work N=500, Social N=499
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide47
Benjamin Svendsen
Alternate TransportationSlide48
During the 2014-2015 school year,
how
often
do you use
alternative transportation to
reach your destination?
N=505
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide49
Alternate Transportation Use by Gender
Percentage of Respondents
N
=506
Alt.
Transportation
Use
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide50
When you are not using a car, how do you usually get where you are going?
N=362
Form of Transportation
Percentage of Respondents
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide51
Noteworthy
Only 20% of 18-20 year olds reported they never use alternate forms of transportation
4 in 10 of that group use alternate transportation most of the time or all the time
2 out of 3 students living on campus use an alternate transportation most of the time or all the time
None of the students living in the dorms use a bike as their primary form of alternate transportation
Those that frequently use alternate transportation were more likely to have used marijuana in the last 30 days
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide52
Karen Stay
AlcoholSlide53
How many days during a typical week do you consume one or more alcoholic beverages, or are you a complete abstainer?
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide54
Would you favor or oppose a federal law that would lower the drinking age in all states to 18?
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide55
Favor or Oppose by Age Group
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring Survey
N=504Slide56
Gallup
Americans Still Oppose Lowering the Drinking
Age. Reject
lowering age to 18 by 74% to 25
%
Results
for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted
July 7-10
, 2014, with a random sample of
1,013
adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
.
http://
www.gallup.com/poll/174077/lowering-drinking-age.aspx?utm_source=drinking
Slide57
Karen Stay
Tobacco PolicySlide58
During this school year have you witnessed a Public Safety officer issue a citation to anyone, which may include yourself, for a tobacco policy violation?
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide59
Public Safety Numbers
Contacts= Number of times a Public Safety Officer approached a group or individual for tobacco policy non-compliance
Individuals= Total number of people the Officer interacted with.
At this time the numbers for 2015 are not available, when they become available the graph and analysis will
be included. Slide60
Benjamin Svendsen
MarijuanaSlide61
Keeping in mind that all of your responses are confidential, have you, yourself ever happened to try marijuana?
34%
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide62
Marijuana Use by Gender
N
=501
Marijuana
Use
Percentage of Respondents
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide63
Marijuana Use by GPA
GPA
Percentage of Respondents
N
=449
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide64
Confidence in Law Enforcement/Police
by Marijuana Use
Confidence in Law Enforcement
Percentage of Respondents
34%
N=500
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide65
Marijuana Use by Typical
Days per Week Consuming Alcohol
N
=499
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide66
Noteworthy
8 in 10 International Students have not tried marijuana
No difference in marijuana use when compared to Academic Class as well as stress level
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide67
Do you think the use of marijuana
should
be made legal or not?
N
=500
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide68
Marijuana Use and Views on Legalization
Rate of Use
2%
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring Survey
N=496Slide69
View on Marijuana Legalization by Gender
57%
46%
View on Legalization
Percentage of Respondents
N
=499
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide70
View on Marijuana Legalization by GPA
N
=453
Percentage of Respondents
GPA
63%
35%
2%
9%
5%
8%
31%
42%
50%
60%
54%
41%
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide71
Noteworthy
Student views on
legalization
nearly mirror the views found in the statewide population
18-20 and 31-39 year olds were more likely to believe marijuana should not be made legal
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide72
Student Views on Marijuana vs. Alcohol
n=502; n=503
Percentage of Respondents
69%
71%
21%
17%
8%
8%
1%
2%
2%
1%
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring SurveySlide73
Which Do You Consider More Dangerous for
your
Health by College/School
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring Survey
N=505Slide74
Which Do You Consider More Harmful
to Society by College/School
SCSU Survey: 2015 Student Spring Survey
N=503Slide75
The Benefits
The SCSU Student Survey has been and continues to be an academic and social tool.
Student Directors are able to actively write and learn from the questions within the survey.
Students are able to directly learn from applied research methods and techniques.
SCSU students who take the survey are provided the opportunity to voice their opinions about topics concerning the University.
The data gathered may be used by
departments, organizations and students
on campus for academic and policy concerns.
This is a record of the view point of our students for this period of time
.Slide76
Thank You
We would like to thank you for your time and cooperation you have been very helpful. The results of this survey will be available on the SCSU Survey homepage in about a month. Would you like the website address?
www.stcloudstate.edu/scsusurvey
Goodbye!Slide77
Questions?Slide78
KEEP CALLING
AND
SURVEY ON