Course Evaluation

CSCI 244.10: Information Retrieval Systems

Instructor: G. Kowalski

Survey for Term 200501

Results: 10 evaluated this course.

1. Expected grade in the course

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	10		100%
Unanswered:	0		0%
A	7		70%	70%
B	2		20%	20%
C	0		0%	0%
D	0		0%	0%
F	0		0%	0%
Don't know	1		10%	10%

2. Type/format of course

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	10		100%
Unanswered:	0		0%
Large lecture	7		70%	70%
Small lecture / discussion	3		30%	30%
Seminar / discussion	0		0%	0%
Other	0		0%	0%

3. Difficulty of subject matter

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	10		100%
Unanswered:	0		0%
(1) Very easy [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	1		10%	10%
(3) [3]	3		30%	30%
(4) [4]	6		60%	60%
(5) Very difficult [5]	0		0%	0%
Mean: **		3.50

4. Number of hours per week outside of class typically spent doing readings, assignments, reviewing notes, writing papers, studying for exams

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	10		100%
Unanswered:	0		0%
Less than one hour or none	1		10%	10%
1-2 hours	1		10%	10%
3-4 hours	4		40%	40%
5-6 hours	3		30%	30%
7-8 hours	1		10%	10%
9-10 hours	0		0%	0%
More than 10 hours	0		0%	0%

5. The overall quality of instruction was

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	10		100%
Unanswered:	0		0%
(1) Not at all effective [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	0		0%	0%
(3) [3]	2		20%	20%
(4) [4]	6		60%	60%
(5) Very effective [5]	2		20%	20%
Mean: **		4.00

6. The overall quality of the course was

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	10		100%
Unanswered:	0		0%
(1) Poor [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	1		10%	10%
(3) [3]	1		10%	10%
(4) [4]	5		50%	50%
(5) Excellent [5]	3		30%	30%
Mean: **		4.00

7. Overall, how would you rate your level of intellectual challenge in the course?

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	10		100%
Unanswered:	0		0%
(1) Not at all challenged [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	1		10%	10%
(3) [3]	2		20%	20%
(4) [4]	5		50%	50%
(5) Very challenged [5]	2		20%	20%
Mean: **		3.80

8. Amount of effort / work required was:

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	9		90%
Unanswered:	1		10%
(1) Very little [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	1		10%	11%
(3) [3]	2		20%	22%
(4) [4]	4		40%	44%
(5) A great deal [5]	2		20%	22%
Not applicable / No opinion [x]	0		0%	0%
Mean: **		3.78

9. Was knowledgeable about the subject and course material.

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	9		90%
Unanswered:	1		10%
(1) Not at all knowledgeable [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	0		0%	0%
(3) [3]	1		10%	11%
(4) [4]	2		20%	22%
(5) Very knowledgeable [5]	6		60%	67%
Not applicable / No opinion [x]	0		0%	0%
Mean: **		4.56

10. Enthusiasm for topic/subject.

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	9		90%
Unanswered:	1		10%
(1) Not at all enthusiastic [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	0		0%	0%
(3) [3]	1		10%	11%
(4) [4]	2		20%	22%
(5) Very enthusiastic [5]	6		60%	67%
Not applicable / No opinion [x]	0		0%	0%
Mean: **		4.56

11. Accessibility outside of class.

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	9		90%
Unanswered:	1		10%
(1) Not at all accessible [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	3		30%	33%
(3) [3]	0		0%	0%
(4) [4]	4		40%	44%
(5) Very accessible [5]	2		20%	22%
Not applicable / No opinion [x]	0		0%	0%
Mean: **		3.56

12. Designed and used fair grading procedures.

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	9		90%
Unanswered:	1		10%
(1) Not at all fair [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	0		0%	0%
(3) [3]	1		10%	11%
(4) [4]	4		40%	44%
(5) Very fair [5]	3		30%	33%
Not applicable / No opinion [x]	1		10%	11%
Mean: **		4.25

13. Provided adequate feedback on exams/papers/performance.

	Number Responses	Percent
		All		Excluding Unanswered
Answered:	9		90%
Unanswered:	1		10%
(1) Not adequate [1]	0		0%	0%
(2) [2]	0		0%	0%
(3) [3]	0		0%	0%
(4) [4]	4		40%	44%
(5) Very adequate [5]	5		50%	56%
Not applicable / No opinion [x]	0		0%	0%
Mean: **		4.56