Results of class survey

["Subbarao Kambhampati" <rao@asu.edu>]

Folks:

 

 Here are the tabulated results from the class survey that Kartik sent me. I am sharing them with you so you can see how you stack up with the "majority" view in the class on various operational issues.

 

 On first glance, I don't quite see any alarming trends in the survey (other than, perhaps, the fact that most of our graduate students are "one sided" ;-) )  So I guess I can--like Brother Bush--stick to the course as it were..  If you see trends I am missing, let me know (you can use the anonymous mail service).

 

 Note that the sheet shows both percentages over all students and also over 471/598 groups separately. About the only place there is a significant divergence between 471 and 598 students is (1) whether the projects should be made less challenging and (2) depth vs. breadth of lecture material

 

Rao

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 Notes from Kartik:

Here are the tabulated results. A few notes:

 

1. Quite a few of the graduate students didn't flip over to see that there was another side.

2. Not everyone answered everything

3. For the multiple answers OK questions, I used the total responses received as the denominator for the percentages, but for the single answer ones, the denominator was always either the number of UG and G students. 

4. There were a lot of hand-written comments, especially from the grad section. I didn't know what to do with these vis-a-vis the excel sheet.

 

Kartik
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Sheet1

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	CSE 471/598 Fall 2007	UG	UG %	Grad	G %	Total %
2	Class Survey
3	Please Circle the appropriate choice for each questions
4
5	ABOUT YOU
6	Qn0  I am taking the course as
7	CSE471	9	31.03 %			31.03 %
8	CSE598			20	68.97 %	68.97 %
9
10	QN1 The pace of the class/lectures is
11	somewhat slow	1	11.11 %	3	15.00 %	13.79 %
12	too slow	0	0.00 %	0	0.00 %	0.00 %
13	somewhat fast	3	33.33 %	6	30.00 %	31.03 %
14	too fast	1	11.11 %	1	5.00 %	6.90 %
15	just right	4	44.44 %	9	45.00 %	44.83 %
16
17	QN2 The lecture(s) that you liked most until now (you can circle multiple)
18	The intro lectures	4	16.00 %	3	7.69 %	10.94 %
19	The Agent Lectures	2	8.00 %	4	10.26 %	9.38 %
20	The Blind search lectures	4	16.00 %	6	15.38 %	15.63 %
21	The informed search (A*) lectures	8	32.00 %	17	43.59 %	39.06 %
22	The CSP Lectures	7	28.00 %	9	23.08 %	25.00 %
23	Pattern Databases	0	0.00 %	0	0.00 %	0.00 %
24	They are all bad	0	0.00 %	0	0.00 %	0.00 %
25
26	QN3 The lecture(s) that you liked *least* until now (you can circle multiple)
27	The intro lectures	0	0.00 %	0	0.00 %	0.00 %
28	The Agent Lectures	3	30.00 %	6	33.33 %	32.14 %
29	The Blind search lectures	1	10.00 %	1	5.56 %	7.14 %
30	The informed search (A*) lectures	1	10.00 %	1	5.56 %	7.14 %
31	The CSP Lectures	2	20.00 %	5	27.78 %	25.00 %
32	Pattern Databases	1	10.00 %	0	0.00 %	3.57 %
33	They are all great	2	20.00 %	5	27.78 %	25.00 %
34
35	QN4 Which type of lectures did you follow better
36	The lectures done with slides	2	22.22 %	2	10.00 %	13.79 %
37	The lectures done with white-board	1	11.11 %	4	20.00 %	17.24 %
38	Those with a mix	6	66.67 %	13	65.00 %	65.52 %
39
40	QN5 The lecture style
41	Keeps you engaged	2	22.22 %	9	45.00 %	37.93 %
42	overwhelms you	1	11.11 %	3	15.00 %	13.79 %
43	reasonable	6	66.67 %	8	40.00 %	48.28 %
44	Conducive to a pre-prandial snooze	0	0.00 %	0	0.00 %	0.00 %
45
46	QN6 The class is
47	Too much "Teacher Talking"	4	44.44 %	2	10.00 %	20.69 %
48	Sufficiently interactive	5	55.56 %	17	85.00 %	75.86 %
49	Too interactive	0	0.00 %	1	5.00 %	3.45 %
50
51	QN7 The material (as of now) is
52	Exciting	1	11.11 %	10	50.00 %	37.93 %
53	Boring	0	0.00 %	0	0.00 %	0.00 %
54	okay	8	88.89 %	10	50.00 %	62.07 %
55
56	QN8 The presentation level
57	Goes right over my head	1	11.11 %	4	20.00 %	17.24 %
58	Spoonfeeds me by repeating every little thing	1	11.11 %	1	5.00 %	6.90 %
59	Just right for me	7	77.78 %	15	75.00 %	75.86 %
60
61	QN9 Most of the the extra discussion on the blog is, for the most part,
62	lapped-up by me	2	22.22 %	9	45.00 %	37.93 %
63	ignored by me	6	66.67 %	8	40.00 %	48.28 %
64	What extra stuff?	1	11.11 %	0	0.00 %	3.45 %
65
66	QN10 I am able to get help when needed from the Instructor
67	Strongly agree	0	0.00 %	9	45.00 %	31.03 %
68	Okay	7	77.78 %	11	55.00 %	62.07 %
69	Not really..	1	11.11 %	0	0.00 %	3.45 %
70
71	QN11 I am able to get help when needed from the TA
72	Strongly agree	1	11.11 %	11	55.00 %	41.38 %
73	Okay	5	55.56 %	9	45.00 %	48.28 %
74	Not really..	2	22.22 %	0	0.00 %	6.90 %
75
76
77	QN12 The expectations/demands of the course/instructor are
78	Unreasonably high	2	22.22 %	2	10.00 %	13.79 %
79	Unreasonably low	0	0.00 %	0	0.00 %	0.00 %
80	Challenging but reasonable	7	77.78 %	18	90.00 %	86.21 %
81
82	QN13 The lecture material is
83	Too depth oriented	2	22.22 %	0	0.00 %	6.90 %
84	Too breadth oriented	3	33.33 %	5	25.00 %	27.59 %
85	Just right	3	33.33 %	15	75.00 %	62.07 %
86
87	QN14 The lectures are
88	Too much intuition and too little formal detail	1	11.11 %	3	15.00 %	13.79 %
89	Too much formal detail, too little intuition	3	33.33 %	2	10.00 %	17.24 %
90	Balanced between intuition and detail	4	44.44 %	11	55.00 %	51.72 %
91
92	Qn 15. The lectures
93	Complement the textbook	6	66.67 %	15	75.00 %	72.41 %
94	Repeat the textbook	2	22.22 %	0	0.00 %	6.90 %
95	Are mostly disjoint from the textbook	0	0.00 %	1	5.00 %	3.45 %
96
97	QN16 In your opinion there should be
98	More frequent homeworks	0	0.00 %	2	10.00 %	6.90 %
99	Less frequent homeworks	2	22.22 %	8	40.00 %	34.48 %
100	Current schedule is fine	6	66.67 %	7	35.00 %	44.83 %
101
102	QN17 In your opinion there should be (multiple answers okay)
103	There should be more frequent projects	4	33.33 %	1	5.00 %	17.24 %
104	There should be less frequent projects	2	16.67 %	12	60.00 %	48.28 %
105	The projects should be more challenging	0	0.00 %	4	20.00 %	13.79 %
106	The projects should be way less challenging	6	50.00 %	1	5.00 %	24.14 %
107
108
109	QN18 Your stress/anxiety level about this course relative to your other courses
110	Very high	4	44.44 %	7	35.00 %	37.93 %
111	Very low	0	0.00 %	2	10.00 %	6.90 %
112	About the same	4	44.44 %	8	40.00 %	41.38 %
113
114	QN 19 (only if you have taken an Intro to AI course before somewhere)
115	I think this course is
116	Pretty much similar to what I have done	0	0.00 %	2	10.00 %	6.90 %
117	Much deeper than what I have done	0	0.00 %	5	25.00 %	17.24 %
118	Much more of a cake-walk than what I have done	1	11.11 %	1	5.00 %	6.90 %
119
120	QN 20: (Only if you are taking it as 471 -- i.e., UG Credit)
121	Tick any that apply
122	I think this course is geared too much towards graduate students	2	22.22 %			6.90 %
123	The demands of this course are grossly unreasonable for a 4-level course	1	11.11 %			3.45 %
124	Fine as it is, more or less.	6	66.67 %			20.69 %
125
126	QN 21 Will it help to have recitation sessions to discuss homework problems?
127	Yes - I will attend	2	22.22 %	10	50.00 %	41.38 %
128	Yes - I might attend	4	44.44 %	4	20.00 %	27.59 %
129	Not really	2	22.22 %	3	15.00 %	17.24 %
130
131	QN 22 If you are a 471 student …
132	I would like to get more help from the UG grader / tutor Kartik	3	33.33 %			10.34 %
133	I want Kartik to leave me alone	0	0.00 %			0.00 %
134	I am already getting enough help	4	44.44 %			13.79 %
135
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