Graduate Careers Council of Australia
Course Experience Questionnaire Data 2004

General Notes

• The following files were generated from the 2004 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. 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. ceq04_ASCED.csv shows 2004 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.

2. ceq04_area.csv shows CEQ figures by institution, level of qualification and area. The mean and standard deviation are shown for each scale, and the national scale mean and N size is also shown. ‘Area’ is an aggregated form of ASCED.

3. option04.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. Not all institutions have a valid option variable.

4. pcASCED04<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).

PCASCED04AAS
PCASCED04AWS
PCASCED04CGS
PCASCED04GSS
PCASCED04GTS
PCASCED04OSI
PCASCED04IMS
PCASCED04SSS
PCASCED04GQS
PCASCED04LRS
PCASCED04LCS

5. pcAREA04<scale>.csv: There are 11 files showing the percentage disagree-agree on the 5 point Likert scale 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). ‘Area’ is an aggregated form of ASCED.

PCAREA04AAS
PCAREA04AWS
PCAREA04CGS
PCAREA04GSS
PCAREA04GTS
PCAREA04OSI
PCAREA04IMS
PCAREA04SSS
PCAREA04GQS
PCAREA04LRS
PCAREA04LCS

6. pcoption04<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). There are no national figures as the option codes are unique to each institution. Not all institutions have a valid option variable.

Pcoption04AAS
Pcoption04AWS
Pcoption04CGS
Pcoption04GSS
Pcoption04GTS
Pcoption04OSI
Pcoption04IMS
Pcoption04SSS
Pcoption04GQS
Pcoption04LRS
Pcoption04LCS

8. appASCED04.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.

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.