Graduate Careers Council of Australia
Course Experience Questionnaire Data 2003

General Notes

• The following files were generated from the 2003 GCCA CEQ survey.

• The data are provided in comma-delimited format (CSV files). Most recent spreadsheet programs will read these.

• The files are nested by institution (DEST institution code), level of award and field of study and education. The introduction of the ASCED field of education codes essentially signals the beginning of a new CEQ time series. Most files are based on the ASCED field of education codes and these are mirrored with files based on the old field of study codes for both 2002 and 2003. This will allow users to compare how the change to ASCED affects their own CEQ figures.

• Figures are presented across the columns for the CEQ scales used by each institution.

The abbreviations for the scales are as follows:

GTS = Good Teaching Scale [CORE]
CGS = Clear Goals and Standards Scale
AWS = Appropriate Workload Scale
AAS = Appropriate Assessment Scale
GSS = Generic Skills Scale [CORE]
OSI = Overall Satisfaction Item [CORE]
IMS = Intellectual Motivation Scale
SSS = Student Support Scale
GQS = Graduate Qualities Scale
LRS = Learning Resources Scale
LCS = Learning Community Scale

SD = Strongly disagree (response 1, after reverse scored items are aligned)
D = Disagree (response 2)
U = Undecided (response 3)
A = Agree (response 4)
SA = Strongly agree (response 5)

‘SD’ might also mean ‘standard deviation’, depending on the context. Means and standard deviations are calculated to one decimal place. The data in these files include figures from both major fields of study.

For further details and explanations of these data, the reader is directed to the various Course Experience Questionnaire reports published by the GCCA.

The AV-CC/GCCA Code of Practice concerning the use of CEQ figures is also available for download here.

For further information about the data available on this site, users should contact (in the first instance) GCCA Research Manager, Bruce Guthrie on phone (02) 6367 5347 or email

Description of files available on this site:

1. ceqmaj03.csv shows 2003 CEQ figures by institution, level of qualification and field of study. The mean and standard deviation are shown for each scale, and the national scale mean and N size is also shown.

1a. ASCED03.csv shows 2003 CEQ figures by institution, level of qualification and ASCED field of education. The mean and standard deviation are shown for each scale, and the national scale mean and N size is also shown. This is the ASCED version of ceqmaj03.csv.

2. ceqmaj02.csv shows 2002 CEQ figures by institution, level of qualification and field of study. The mean and standard deviation are shown for each scale, and the national scale mean and N size is also shown.

2a. ASCED02.csv shows 2002 CEQ figures by institution, level of qualification and ASCED field of education. The mean and standard deviation are shown for each scale, and the national scale mean and N size is also shown. This is the ASCED version of ceqmaj02.csv.

3. option03.csv shows CEQ figures by institution, level of qualification and institution-generated faculty/degree/course code variable (where an institution included it). The mean and standard deviation are shown for each scale, and the N size is also shown. There are no national figures as the option codes are unique to each institution.

4. pcmaj03<scale>.csv: There are 11 files showing the percentage disagree-agree on the 5 point Likert scale by field of study for each scale and the overall satisfaction item. Column headings used are SD% (% strongly disagree), D% (% disagree), U% (% undecided), A% (% agree), and SA% (% strongly agree).

Pcmaj03AAS
Pcmaj03AWS
Pcmaj03CGS
Pcmaj03GSS
Pcmaj03GTS
Pcmaj03OSI
Pcmaj03IMS
Pcmaj03SSS
Pcmaj03GQS
Pcmaj03LRS
Pcmaj03LCS

4a. pcmaj02<scale>.csv: There are 11 files showing the percentage disagree-agree on the 5 point Likert scale by field of study for each scale and the overall satisfaction item. Column headings used are SD% (% strongly disagree), D% (% disagree), U% (% undecided), A% (% agree), and SA% (% strongly agree).

Pcmaj02AAS
Pcmaj02AWS
Pcmaj02CGS
Pcmaj02GSS
Pcmaj02GTS
Pcmaj02OSI
Pcmaj02IMS
Pcmaj02SSS
Pcmaj02GQS
Pcmaj02LRS
Pcmaj02LCS

5. pcASCED03<scale>.csv: There are 11 files showing the percentage disagree-agree on the 5 point Likert scale by ASCED field of education for each scale and the overall satisfaction item. Column headings used are SD% (% strongly disagree), D% (% disagree), U% (% undecided), A% (% agree), and SA% (% strongly agree). This is the ASCED version of pcmaj03<scale>.

PcASCED03AAS
PcASCED03AWS
PcASCED03CGS
PcASCED03GSS
PcASCED03GTS
PcASCED03OSI
PcASCED03IMS
PcASCED03SSS
PcASCED03GQS
PcASCED03LRS
PcASCED03LCS

5a. pcASCED02<scale>.csv: There are 11 files showing the percentage disagree-agree on the 5 point Likert scale by ASCED field of education for each scale and the overall satisfaction item. Column headings used are SD% (% strongly disagree), D% (% disagree), U% (% undecided), A% (% agree), and SA% (% strongly agree). This is the ASCED version of pcmaj02<scale>.

PcASCED02AAS
PcASCED02AWS
PcASCED02CGS
PcASCED02GSS
PcASCED02GTS
PcASCED02OSI
PcASCED02IMS
PcASCED02SSS
PcASCED02GQS
PcASCED02LRS
PcASCED02LCS

6. pcoption03<scale>.csv: There are 11 files showing the percentage disagree-agree on the 5 point Likert scale by the institution-generated faculty/degree/course code variable (when used by an institution). Column headings used are SD% (% strongly disagree), D% (% disagree), U% (% undecided), A% (% agree), and SA% (% strongly agree).

Pcoption03AAS
Pcoption03AWS
Pcoption03CGS
Pcoption03GSS
Pcoption03GTS
Pcoption03OSI
Pcoption03IMS
Pcoption03SSS
Pcoption03GQS
Pcoption03LRS
Pcoption03LCS

7. appceqmaj03.csv shows CEQ figures for pass and honours degree graduates by institution and DEST field of study. The institutional and national means are shown for each scale, and the N size is also shown. These are the figures which used to appear in the institutional appendices of the annual CEQ report.

8. appASCED03.csv shows CEQ figures for pass and honours degree graduates by institution and ASCED field of education. The institutional and national means are shown for each scale, and the N size is also shown. This is the ASCED version of appceqmaj03.csv.

8a. appASCED02.csv shows CEQ figures for pass and honours degree graduates by institution and ASCED field of education. The institutional and national means are shown for each scale, and the N size is also shown. This is the ASCED version of appceqmaj02.csv.

Additional files with previous years' CEQ data are also available from here. They are in slightly different format (in terms of layout of data and variables) and users should consult the relevant information files for those years.

For further details and explanations of these data, the reader is directed to the various Course Experience Questionnaire reports published by the GCCA.