NSSE 2006 Benchmark Comparisons
Detailed Statistics and Effect Sizes a
University of Wisconsin-Stout
First-Year Students  
Mean Statistics Distribution Statistics Reference Group
Comparison Statistics
Percentiles Mean
Diff.
  Effect
size
N Mean SD SE 5 25 50 75 95 SE Sig.
LEVEL OF ACADEMIC CHALLENGE (LAC)
UW-Stout 323 48.2 11.9 .7 29 40 47 56 68
Selected Peers 1,628 52.5 13.2 .3 30 44 52 61 75 -4.4 .7 .000 -.33
Carnegie Peers 36,594 50.6 13.5 .1 29 41 50 60 73 -2.4 .7 .000 -.18
NSSE 2006 120,406 51.8 13.4 .0 30 43 52 61 74 -3.6 .7 .000 -.27
Top 50% 38,554 55.8 12.9 .1 34 47 56 65 77 -7.6 .7 .000 -.59
Top 10% 5,824 60.5 12.2 .2 40 52 60 69 80 -12.3 .7 .000 -1.01
ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING (ACL)
UW-Stout 342 40.2 15.3 .8 19 29 38 48 67
Selected Peers 1,794 44.5 15.8 .4 19 33 43 52 71 -4.3 .9 .000 -.27
Carnegie Peers 39,816 41.0 16.1 .1 19 29 38 52 71 -.8 .9 .384 -.05
NSSE 2006 130,583 41.3 16.0 .0 19 29 38 52 71 -1.1 .9 .190 -.07
Top 50% 38,001 45.8 15.9 .1 24 33 43 57 75 -5.6 .9 .000 -.35
Top 10% 5,004 50.7 16.0 .2 29 38 48 62 81 -10.5 .9 .000 -.65
STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTION (SFI)
UW-Stout 325 33.0 17.0 .9 11 22 28 39 67
Selected Peers 1,649 33.0 17.6 .4 11 22 33 44 67 .1 1.1 .960 .00
Carnegie Peers 37,039 31.8 17.5 .1 11 17 28 39 67 1.3 1.0 .194 .07
NSSE 2006 121,703 32.1 17.6 .1 11 20 28 44 67 .9 1.0 .349 .05
Top 50% 27,964 37.1 18.3 .1 11 22 33 50 72 -4.1 1.0 .000 -.23
Top 10% 3,887 42.0 19.4 .3 17 28 39 56 78 -9.0 1.0 .000 -.46
ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES (EEE)
UW-Stout 316 21.6 11.3 .6 8 14 19 27 40
Selected Peers 1,580 25.7 12.3 .3 8 17 25 33 48 -4.1 .7 .000 -.34
Carnegie Peers 35,763 25.8 12.9 .1 8 17 25 33 48 -4.2 .6 .000 -.33
NSSE 2006 117,730 26.8 13.0 .0 8 17 25 35 50 -5.2 .6 .000 -.40
Top 50% 48,100 30.0 13.1 .1 11 21 29 38 52 -8.5 .6 .000 -.65
Top 10% 6,485 34.4 12.9 .2 14 25 34 43 56 -12.8 .7 .000 -.99
SUPPORTIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT (SCE)
UW-Stout 311 59.4 16.3 .9 33 47 61 69 86
Selected Peers 1,553 58.5 16.9 .4 31 47 58 69 86 .8 1.0 .418 .05
Carnegie Peers 35,154 58.6 18.8 .1 28 47 58 72 92 .7 .9 .421 .04
NSSE 2006 115,843 59.1 18.5 .1 28 47 58 72 89 .3 .9 .732 .02
Top 50% 33,535 64.7 18.0 .1 33 53 64 78 94 -5.3 .9 .000 -.30
Top 10% 5,852 69.7 17.7 .2 39 58 69 83 97 -10.3 1.0 .000 -.58