Aineiston nimi

Student Perspective on Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences 2010

Aineistonumero

FSD2613

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2613

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Lavikainen, Elina (Student Research Foundation (Otus))

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey investigated student opinion on study conditions in universities of applied sciences (polytechnics) in Finland. The main themes pertained to the choice of educational institution, study tracks, quality of teaching on their programme, study environment, the respondents' ability to study, and ways of influencing how things are run in the institution and in Finnish society.

Questions covered what year the respondents had completed their upper secondary education, reasons for choosing their institution and field of study, reasons for the time it took to for them to commence their present studies after secondary education or previous studies, satisfaction with own study progress, and reasons for slow progress.

Further questions charted how well the institution and studies had met their expectations, how satisfied the respondents were with different aspects of their institution (e.g. teaching quality, teaching methods, amount of work compared to credits gained, study guidance), and whether their studies had given them skills needed in working life and in life generally. Opinions on practical training and feedback were surveyed, as well as plans for further studies. The survey also explored the respondents' previous studies and possibilities to credit the previous studies or work experience as part of their degree.

Ability to study and study environment were charted with a number of questions. The respondents were asked to rate their abilities to, for instance, work in group, find suitable study methods, prepare for an exam, plan their studies, interact with other students and teachers. They were presented with some statements relating to, for example, their health, life control, social relations, different aspects of study environment, and study guidance and support. Experiences of being subjected to antisocial behaviour or discrimination were charted. One topic pertained to sport services at the institution.

The respondents were asked whether they were members in the student union and reasons for not being a member. They were asked to what extent they agreed with some statements relating to the activities and services of the student union. Methods used to influence things at the institute were explored. Finally, the respondents were asked whether they believed they could influence issues important to them by voting and what methods they had used to influence decision-making in Finnish society.

Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, gender, R's and the parents' level of education, and details of R's degree programme and study (field of study, level, teaching language of the programme, whether Finnish or foreign student, year when commenced present studies, credits earned, change of institution or field of study).

Asiasanat

educational certificates; educational guidance; quality of education; student organizations; students (college); tertiary education; vocational education institutions

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Higher and further education (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Lavikainen, Elina (Student Research Foundation)

Tuottajat

• Ministry of Education and Culture
• Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences - SAMOK

Ajallinen kattavuus

2010

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2010-04-30 – 2010-06-09

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People who had enrolled at a Finnish university of applied science for a polytechnic Bachelor's or polytechnic Master's degree during 2004-2009, and who had earned at least one credit point during the past three years.

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Systematic random

Systematic sample including every 4th person in the target population.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

22.5

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Variables identifying the educational institution and unit had been removed from the data prior to the deposition to the data archive. The data do not contain responses to the open-ended questions.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Lavikainen, Elina (Student Research Foundation (Otus)): Student Perspective on Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences 2010 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2011-03-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2613

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Lavikainen, Elina (2010). Opiskelijan ammattikorkeakoulu 2010. Tutkimus ammattikorkeakouluopiskelijoiden koulutuspoluista, koulutuksen laadusta ja opiskelukyvystä. Helsinki: Opiskelijajärjestöjen tutkimussäätiö Otus rs 35/2010.