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Descriptive-Comparative Survey: Student Satisfaction Across Year Levels

Research information
Statement of the problem

This study describes student satisfaction with campus services and determines whether satisfaction differs across the respondents' profile.

Objectives
  • To describe the profile of the respondents in terms of sex and year_level.
  • To describe the satisfaction of the respondents in terms of facilities_are_adequate, staff_are_responsive, services_are_timely, and information_is_clear.
  • To determine whether satisfaction_score differs across year_level.
  • To determine whether satisfaction_score differs between the sex groups.
Dataset
satisfaction_survey.csv220 rows × 7 cols
ColumnKindMissingDistinct
sexcategorical02
year_levelnumeric04
facilities_are_adequatenumeric05
staff_are_responsivenumeric04
services_are_timelynumeric05
information_is_clearnumeric04
satisfaction_scorenumeric014
Feasibility & estimateFree
✓ Feasibledesign: comparative · via heuristic

Detected a comparative design with 7 analyzable variable(s) and 4 analytical question(s). Recommended 7 statistical test(s). Estimated cost: 61 credits.

Recommended analysis
To describe the profile of the respondents in terms of sex and year_level.
Frequency & Percentage Distribution(sex, year_level)
To describe the satisfaction of the respondents in terms of facilities_are_adequate, staff_are_responsive, services_are_timely, and information_is_clear.
Frequency & Percentage Distribution(facilities_are_adequate, staff_are_responsive, services_are_timely, information_is_clear)
Weighted Mean with Verbal Interpretation(facilities_are_adequate, staff_are_responsive, services_are_timely, information_is_clear)
To determine whether satisfaction_score differs across year_level.
One-Way ANOVA(satisfaction_score, year_level)
Tukey HSD Post-Hoc(satisfaction_score, year_level)
Games–Howell Post-Hoc(satisfaction_score, year_level)
Dunn's Test (post-hoc)(satisfaction_score, year_level)
To determine whether satisfaction_score differs between the sex groups.
Independent-Samples t-Test(satisfaction_score, sex)
Dataset Complexity12
Statistical Tests24
AI Interpretation12
Visualizations8
Report Generation5
Total to run61 credits
Estimated runtime: ~1-2 minutes
ResultsComputed
6 tests61 credits
Frequency & Percentage Distribution (sex, year_level)
sex · Female54.1%
sex · Male45.9%
year_level · 231.8%
year_level · 129.1%
year_level · 420.0%
year_level · 319.1%
Frequency & Percentage Distribution (facilities_are_adequate, staff_are_responsive, services_are_timely, information_is_clear)
facilities_are_adequate · 444.5%
facilities_are_adequate · 326.4%
facilities_are_adequate · 523.2%
facilities_are_adequate · 25.0%
facilities_are_adequate · 10.9%
staff_are_responsive · 442.3%
staff_are_responsive · 530.0%
staff_are_responsive · 323.6%
staff_are_responsive · 24.1%
services_are_timely · 438.2%
services_are_timely · 336.8%
services_are_timely · 512.7%
services_are_timely · 211.8%
services_are_timely · 10.5%
information_is_clear · 445.0%
information_is_clear · 327.3%
information_is_clear · 521.4%
information_is_clear · 26.4%
Weighted Mean with Verbal Interpretation (facilities_are_adequate, staff_are_responsive, services_are_timely, information_is_clear)
N220
nsditemrankmedianweighted meaninterpretation
2200.869facilities_are_adequate243.841Agree
2200.838staff_are_responsive143.982Agree
2200.878services_are_timely443.509Agree
2200.842information_is_clear343.814Agree

Overall weighted mean = 3.79, interpreted as “Agree”.

The interpretation bands assume a 1-5 scale. State the instrument's scale if it differs. · Weighted means treat the rating scale as equal-interval, which is the standard convention for summarising Likert items but is a descriptive summary, not a statistical test. The median is reported beside each mean as the measure that does not require that assumption.
One-Way ANOVA (satisfaction_score, year_level)
significant
p< .001
Eta squared0.093
negligible
nstdmeangroup
640.6334.0511
700.6273.8362
420.6523.5713
440.7323.5284

The result is statistically significant (p = 0.0001 < 0.05).

Tukey HSD Post-Hoc (satisfaction_score, year_level)
pairp valuemean diffsignificant
1 vs 20.2320.215false
1 vs 30.0020.479true
1 vs 40.0000.522true
2 vs 30.1680.264false
2 vs 40.0730.307false
3 vs 40.9900.043false

Pairwise comparisons with family-wise error control (Tukey HSD).

Mann-Whitney U Test (satisfaction_score, sex)
n.s.
p.854
Rank-biserial r0.014
negligible
nstdmeangroup
1190.7023.796Female
1010.6653.775Male

The result is not statistically significant (p = 0.8540 >= 0.05).

Mann-Whitney U Test was used instead of the Independent-Samples t-Test because the latter's assumption(s) were not met (Normality of group 'Female' (Shapiro-Wilk), Normality of group 'Male' (Shapiro-Wilk)).
Report

Publication-ready report

Tests used · Results · Discussion — generated from the computed statistics.

Every claim checked · 20 numbers verified · 5 findings cross-checked · prose: llm:gemini
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