NSSE 2006 Benchmark Comparisons
Detailed Statistics and Effect Sizes ^a

The College of Saint Scholastica

Mean Statistics

Distribution Statistics

Reference Group
Comparison Statistics

Percentiles

Mean
Diff.

Effect
size

N

Mean

SD

SE

5

25

50

75

95

SE

Sig.

LEVEL OF ACADEMIC CHALLENGE (LAC)

CSS

101

54.0

11.5

1.1

37

46

53

62

72

Catholic C&U

2,783

53.2

13.4

.3

31

44

53

62

75

.8

1.4

.545

.06

Carnegie Peers

47,468

51.0

13.5

.1

29

42

51

60

73

3.0

1.3

.024

.22

NSSE 2006

120,628

51.8

13.4

.0

30

43

52

61

74

2.2

1.3

.096

.17

Top 50%

38,453

55.8

12.9

.1

34

47

56

65

77

-1.8

1.3

.158

-.14

Top 10%

5,824

60.5

12.2

.2

40

52

60

69

80

-6.5

1.2

.000

-.54

ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING (ACL)

CSS

109

47.7

14.5

1.4

28

38

48

57

76

Catholic C&U

3,020

42.5

15.9

.3

19

33

43

52

71

5.2

1.5

.001

.33

Carnegie Peers

51,483

41.6

16.1

.1

19

29

38

52

71

6.2

1.5

.000

.38

NSSE 2006

130,816

41.3

16.0

.0

19

29

38

52

71

6.4

1.5

.000

.40

Top 50%

37,893

45.8

15.9

.1

24

33

43

57

75

1.9

1.5

.204

.12

Top 10%

5,004

50.7

16.0

.2

29

38

48

62

81

-3.0

1.6

.056

-.19

STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTION (SFI)

CSS

100

32.4

16.0

1.6

11

22

28

44

61

Catholic C&U

2,808

34.9

17.8

.3

11

22

33

44

67

-2.5

1.8

.162

-.14

Carnegie Peers

48,042

32.2

17.7

.1

11

17

28

44

67

.2

1.8

.913

.01

NSSE 2006

121,928

32.1

17.6

.1

11

20

28

44

67

.2

1.8

.896

.01

Top 50%

27,964

37.1

18.3

.1

11

22

33

50

72

-4.8

1.8

.009

-.26

Top 10%

3,887

42.0

19.4

.3

17

28

39

56

78

-9.7

1.6

.000

-.50

ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES (EEE)

CSS

98

30.0

12.4

1.2

12

21

29

37

52

Catholic C&U

2,723

28.0

13.1

.3

8

18

27

36

51

1.9

1.3

.147

.15

Carnegie Peers

46,355

25.7

12.9

.1

8

17

25

33

48

4.2

1.3

.001

.33

NSSE 2006

117,948

26.7

13.0

.0

8

17

25

35

50

3.2

1.3

.013

.25

Top 50%

48,002

30.0

13.1

.1

11

21

29

38

52

-.1

1.3

.962

.00

Top 10%

6,485

34.4

12.9

.2

14

25

34

43

56

-4.4

1.3

.001

-.34

SUPPORTIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT (SCE)

CSS

98

63.1

16.9

1.7

36

50

64

75

89

Catholic C&U

2,665

61.7

18.9

.4

31

50

61

75

94

1.5

1.9

.446

.08

Carnegie Peers

45,580

59.3

18.6

.1

28

47

58

72

92

3.9

1.9

.040

.21

NSSE 2006

116,056

59.1

18.5

.1

28

47

58

72

89

4.1

1.9

.030

.22

Top 50%

33,437

64.7

18.0

.1

33

53

64

78

94

-1.6

1.8

.384

-.09

Top 10%

5,852

69.7

17.7

.2

39

58

69

83

97

-6.5

1.8

.000

-.37