Official UNSW Course Surveys

Q#	question	2000 1999 1998 1997	comments
1	objectives have been made clear	5.8±1.0 6.0±1.0 5.7±1.2 5.8±0.7	lowest answer was 4
2	documented objectives agreed with what was actually taught	5.5±1.1 6.0±0.8 5.8±1.0 5.5±1.0	lowest answer was 4
3	weights of assessments reflect the importance of the topics asessed	5.8±1.2 6.4±0.6 5.3±1.4 5.7±0.9	lowest answer a single 5!
4	feedback was adequate	5.3±1.4 5.9±1.0 5.4±0.9 5.4±0.9	lowest answer a single 4  lowest answer was 4
5	components of subject were well coordinated	5.3±1.4 5.8±1.2 5.4±1.1 5.3±1.0
6	assessment tasks were adequate	6.1±1.2 6.5±0.6 4.8±1.2 6.0±0.9	lowest answer was 4 lowest answer a single 5!   lowest answer was 4
7	physical facilities were adequate	4.1±1.8 6.5±0.7 5.0±1.3 4.3±1.2	problems with network connectors lowest answer was 5    lab upgraded since
8	tutorials were helpful This question is really irrelevant for COMP9242.	5.5±0.9 5.8±1.3 5.3±1.4 5.1±0.9
9	lab sessions were helpful Also not clear what this one means here...	6.1±1.1 5.7±1.2 5.0±1.7 5.5±1.1
10	support structures were adequate	5.0±1.7 5.9±1.3 5.4±1.2 5.1±1.1
11	material was well structured	5.7±1.2 5.6±0.9 5.7±1.1 5.3±0.9	lowest answer was 4
12	text and supplementary materials were helpful	5.3±1.5 5.6±0.9 4.9±1.2 4.9±1.1
13	reference materials were useful	5.0±1.5 5.4±1.1 5.3±1.3 4.7±1.1	new L4 user manual
14	overall quality of subject was high	6.1±0.8 6.4±0.6 6.2±0.8 5.7±0.7	only 7's and 6's, plus one 4! lowest answer a single 5! lowest answer was 5! lowest answer was 4
15	level of difficulty was appropriate compared to other subjects	6.0±1.2 5.8±1.9 3.9±2.0 5.4±1.5	Double credit points helped.
16	would recommend subject to another students	6.0±1.6 5.8±1.4 5.6±1.6 5.5±1.4

The sample and class sizes:

year	2000	1999	1998	1997
class size	15	18	42	44
sample size	15	17	20	31
% sampled	100	94	48	70

See the informal surveys for more comments.