A Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Student Opinion Questionnaires Concerning Teaching Effectiveness at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Abstract

The thesis investigates the characteristics of effective teaching as perceived by students at the Naval Postgraduate School. Principal components factor analysis is used to extract the characteristics from observations on an 86 variable questionnaire form designed by Hildebrand and Wilson. The characteristics are then used as a basis for a short form questionnaire. Cluster and discriminant analysis are used to find teaching patterns or styles based on seven characteristics. Ranking schemes for evaluated instructors are also discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0769828

Entities

People

  • Clifford Thomas Burgess Jr.
  • Jack Allen Vaughn

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Data Science
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Instructors
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Questionnaires
  • Schools
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Regression Analysis.