Study title

Tampere University Survey for First-year Students 2021-2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3698

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3698
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3698

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Tampere University. University Services

Abstract

The Tampere University first-year student survey collects information about the first-year student experience and the attachment to studies and the university. The spring surveys for 2021 and 2022 focus on personal study plans, student and faculty mentoring, and study skills, in addition to the above.

The questionnaire started by asking how the respondent's studies have progressed, whether they have received the planning support they need and how successful their study planning has been in SISU. The next step was to find out students' opinions on student and teacher tutoring. The final section dealt with attachment to studies and student well-being. Respondents rated different statements related to issues such as coping, loneliness and remote study.

The background variables included gender, faculty, degree level and survey year.

Keywords

employment; higher education institutions; income; students (college); undergraduates

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

University of Tampere Student Surveys

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Data Collector

• Tampere University. University Services

Time Period Covered

• 2021
• 2022

Collection Dates

• 2021-03 – 2021-04
• 2022-03-15 – 2022-04-05

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Tampere

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Bachelor's and Master's degree students starting their studies at Tampere University in 2021 and 2022

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The questionnaire was sent in both years to all first-year students of bachelor and master degrees at Tampere University. The response rate was 37% in 2021 and 30% in 2022.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

37

30

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3699 Tampere University Survey for First-year International Students 2022

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For anonymisation purposes, the age of the respondent, the degree programme, and the main subject of the studies have been removed from the data at FSD. For the same reason, open-ended variables were removed. In addition, multiple-choice variables, where structured response options and open-ended responses were recorded in the same variable have been removed at FSD.

For 2021, one respondent's answers were completely removed for technical reasons.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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.

Bibliographical Citation

Tampere University: Tampere University Survey for First-year Students 2021-2022 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2024-04-23). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3698

Deposit Requirement

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

Disclaimer

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

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

More information about the Tampere University student surveys

The Student's Guide describes in more detail the purpose of the surveys, as well as their statistics and reporting.

FSD has not been informed of any publications related to the data.