Graduate Careers Council of Australia
Course Experience Questionnaire Tables 2005

The following files were generated from the 2005 GCA 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 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 GCA.

The AVCC/CCA 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) GCA Research Manager, Bruce Guthrie on 'phone (02) 6367 5347 or email on Bruce.Guthrie@graduatecareers.com.au

Description of files available on this site

1. CEQ_ASCED_2005.csv shows 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. CEQ_AREA_2005.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. CEQ_OPTION_2005.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. pcASCED05<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).

PCASCED05AAS
PCASCED05AWS
PCASCED05CGS
PCASCED05GSS
PCASCED05GTS
PCASCED05OSI
PCASCED05IMS
PCASCED05SSS
PCASCED05GQS
PCASCED05LRS
PCASCED05LCS
 
5. PCAREA05<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.

PCAREA05AAS
PCAREA05AWS
PCAREA05CGS
PCAREA05GSS
PCAREA05GTS
PCAREA05OSI
PCAREA05IMS
PCAREA05SSS
PCAREA05GQS
PCAREA05LRS
PCAREA05LCS
 
6. pcoption05<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.

PCOPTION05AAS
PCOPTION05AWS
PCOPTION05CGS
PCOPTION05GSS
PCOPTION05GTS
PCOPTION05OSI
PCOPTION05IMS
PCOPTION05SSS
PCOPTION05GQS
PCOPTION05LRS
PCOPTION05LCS

8. CEQ_app_ASCED_2005.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 on this site. Some might be in slightly different format (in terms of layout of data and variables) and users should consult the relevant information files for those years.