Graduate Careers Council of Australia
2006 Course Experience Questionnaire Tables

The following files were generated from the 2006 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 education.

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

The AVCC/CCA Code of Practice concerning the use of CEQ figures is also available for download here

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.

Option-based files are no longer supplied as the ‘option’ variable is no longer collected is a manner that makes use possible.

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_2006.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_2006.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. pcASCED06<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).

PCASCED06AAS
PCASCED06AWS
PCASCED06CGS
PCASCED06GSS
PCASCED06GTS
PCASCED06OSI
PCASCED06IMS
PCASCED06SSS
PCASCED06GQS
PCASCED06LRS
PCASCED06LCS
 
4. PCAREA06<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.

PCAREA06AAS
PCAREA06AWS
PCAREA06CGS
PCAREA06GSS
PCAREA06GTS
PCAREA06OSI
PCAREA06IMS
PCAREA06SSS
PCAREA06GQS
PCAREA06LRS
PCAREA06LCS
 
5. CEQ_app_ASCED_2006.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.