From 3 dining halls around campus, we gathered 850 total surveys, and recorded the responses we received from students.
So, what are first year students at WSU saying? Here were some of their responses through the surveys:
Look for some more interesting statistics - like whether males or females are more likely to talk about spiritual things, or if people that don't believe in a higher power are more or less likely to be willing to give their spiritual input.
Overall, we were encouraged by the results of the surveys. We feel like many students at WSU are open to engage in spiritual conversation. Does this surprise you? What about on your campus, do you think this is similar to other campuses around the nation? We'd love to hear!
5 comments:
Are the bold headings the questions that were asked, or just detailing that students were asked about this?
In other words, did you ask, "Do you believe in a higher power," or, "Do members of your class believe in a higher power"? I'm guessing it's the former, but I was making sure.
Good stuff!
The bold headings are basically what we asked students. I can post the exact questions in a subsequent post with the answers they were given.
I'm not sure my question came across. Sorry about that.
Did you ask the students what they thought their fellow students believe? Or did you ask what they themselves believe?
People do both kinds of surveys, so I was trying to figure that out.
Very interesting. I was astounded at the response to the first question as to what's most important: that happiness was so high and fulfillment and success were so low. Were they supplied options for answers or was it open-ended? Jennifer
Benson - Sorry for the confusion! These results are all direct questions to students, not what they thought their fellow students believed.
Jennifer - the answers were supplied (other than 'other' - those were people that either put nothing or circled several options). The options for the first question (what's most important to you) were: success, fulfillment, security, happiness, love.
I'll post the survey in another post soon to clarify more! Interesting results, I think!
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