9.46 Students explain statistical data.
The National Survey of Student Engagement conducts surveys to study various aspects of undergraduate education.20 In a recent survey, students were asked if they needed to explain the meaning of numerical or statistical data in a written assignment. Among the first-year students, 9,697 responded positively while 13,514 seniors responded positively. A total of 13,171 first-year students and 16,997 seniors from 622 U.S. four-year colleges and universities responded to the survey.