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Ranking of West German Universities and Colleges

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1815 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1815
Abstract: Judgement on learning conditions from the students´ perspective. Topics: Over-crowded and canceled courses; free choice of instructors and examiners; possibility of personal counceling by instructors; judgement on professors´ preparation for their courses; possibility of advance or follow-up work for courses during semester breaks; explanation of exam results and homework by the instructors; instructors´ consideration of students´ suggestions or stimulus; conveying recent research results in courses; clear explanation of technical concepts; instructors with a particular reputation in area of ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 10.1989 - 11.1989
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG incl. West Berlin
Universe: Students in their major subject in the 5th to 10th semester, who at the time had attended that particular university for at least one semester
Number of Units: 5990
Sampling Procedure: • Probability; Random sample. Sample of 12 students from each of the 15 most popular subjects at German universities.
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI); Oral interview with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: EMNID, Bielefeld
Analysis System(s): SPSS, OSIRIS
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 36
Notes: Survey unit: college students###

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Neidhardt, Friedhelm - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin | - SPIEGEL-Verlag, Hamburg
Publication year: 1990
DOI: 10.4232/1.1815
Study number: ZA1815
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1815
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Reference publications

Publications: SPIEGEL: Die neuen Unis sind die besten. In: Der Spiegel, 1989, 50, S. 70-87. | SPIEGEL: Studieren heute: Welche Uni ist die beste? Hamburg: Spiegel-Verlag, SPIEGEL Spezial 1990.
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Neidhardt, Friedhelm, & SPIEGEL-Verlag, Hamburg (1990). Ranking of West German Universities and Colleges. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1815 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1815.

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