Results from student surveys of units and surveys of teaching

When do I get the results of my survey?

Who else sees these results?

University-wide & Divisional results from unit surveys

Aggregated results from teaching surveys

When do I get the results of my survey?

The results of the surveys of units are made available to staff via the MOSS system after the final student grades have been submitted.

The results of the surveys of teaching carried out in the middle teaching block (weeks 5-9) are released to staff before the beginning of the final teaching block (week 10). Results from surveys undertaken later than this are sent as soon as possible after the end of the semester.

Who else sees these results?

• Unit surveys
  
  Results are sent as follows –
  
  Faculty Deans - Summarised results from core ratings questions from all units surveyed in their Faculty
  
  School Deans - Summarised results from core ratings questions from all units surveyed in their School
  
  Unit Co-ordinators - All results (including student comments) from the units they co-ordinate. From 2005, semester 2 onwards: self-access via the MOSS system (login here)
  
  
• Teaching surveys
  
  Results from teaching surveys are sent to the individual concerned
  
  Aggregated results from Teaching Surveys

University-wide and School-based results from mandatory unit surveys

These tables provide the aggregated results from units across the university and for individual schools. With the introduction of MOSS (Murdoch Online Survey System) in 2005 came changes in the number and wording of the questions used, as well as a move to a six-point scale to replace the old four-point scale. Hence, aggregated results for 2005 are based on either MOSS or pre-MOSS formats. Prior to 2004, divisions rather than schools are the lowest level of aggregation reported.

When using these results to help you interpret your individual results, some points worth noting are –

• Research into evaluation of teaching worldwide indicates that, on average, teaching in Humanities/Social Science units tends to receive better ratings than that in Science units;
• Mean scores are provided as a benchmark against which you might compare your own results. The amount of difference in scores required to be statistically significant will vary according to the number of students who respond on the 'strongly agree' to 'strongly disagree' scale, and according to whether the MOSS (most of 2005) or pre-MOSS survey systems are being considered. As a broad guide:
  • MOSS (6-point scale, 8 standard questions): Where more than 50 students have responded, a difference of + or - 0.3 will usually be significant*. Where there are between 20 and 50 students responding, a difference of about 0.4 is required. For surveys with less than 20 respondents, it is difficult to calculate significant differences with accuracy.
  • pre-MOSS (4-point scale, 14 standard questions): Where more than 50 students have responded, a difference of + or - 0.2 will usually be significant*. Where there are between 20 and 50 students responding, a difference of about 0.3 is required. For surveys with less than 20 respondents, it is difficult to calculate significant differences with accuracy.
    * At 0.05 level.