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Student Questionnaire College: Section:

Your class is participating in a survey designed to help teachers of economics understand why
students choose to continue studying economics after taking an introductory class. Please note that
this is NOT an evaluation of the course or the instructor. We appreciate your time and can assure
you that your answers to the following questions will remain anonymous.

1. Gender: ______Male ______Female

2. Class: ______First Year ______Sophomore ______Junior ______Senior

3. Do you intend to take more economics courses after this one? ___Yes ___No ___Not Sure

4. Did you intend to take more economics courses when you signed up for this one?

___Yes ___No ____Not Sure


5. Is this your first college-level economics course? (Do not count AP economics taken in high
school.) ____Yes ____No

6. What is your major or intended major? (Write undecided if you don’t


know.)________________

7. What grade do you expect to get in this class? _______

8. What is your GPA? (Approximate if you don’t know exactly.) _______

9. What were your best SAT scores? (Approximate if you don’t remember.)

_____Verbal ______Math
10. Please rate the importance of the following factors in your decision to take this class.

Not Very
Important Important

Advice of friends or family 1 2 3 4 5


Desire to understand current events 1 2 3 4 5
Desire to understand financial markets 1 2 3 4 5
Interest in public policy 1 2 3 4 5
Considering economics as a possible major 1 2 3 4 5
Fulfilling a requirement 1 2 3 4 5
Professor’s reputation 1 2 3 4 5
Importance to your future career 1 2 3 4 5
Time of class 1 2 3 4 5

***MORE QUESTIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE***


11. Please indicate the extent to which you agree with each statement

Strongly Strongly
Disagree Agree
I like classes in which there is an opportunity to express 1 2 3 4 5
my ideas and opinions.
I like to think about problems that don’t have clear-cut 1 2 3 4 5
solutions.
I do not like to speak during class. 1 2 3 4 5
I understand the material in this class as well as most 1 2 3 4 5
of the other students.
Taking economics will help me get into a good 1 2 3 4 5
graduate/law/medical school.
Taking economics will help me get a job. 1 2 3 4 5
Taking economics will help me do the job I eventually get 1 2 3 4 5
better.
I am often afraid I will “freeze up” on an exam. 1 2 3 4 5
I felt well prepared for this course in terms of my math 1 2 3 4 5
background.
I feel as comfortable expressing my ideas and opinions in 1 2 3 4 5
this class as I do in the other classes I am taking this
semester.
Economics helps me understand the issues and events in 1 2 3 4 5
which I am interested.

12. Please check the statement below that best matches your expectation about the future
___I expect to make more money than my spouse/partner
___I expect that my spouse/partner will make about the same amount of money that I do
___I expect my spouse/partner will make more money than I do
___I do not expect to have a spouse/partner

13. Please check the statement below that best matches your understanding when your instructor
uses graphs in this class
___They make sense to me immediately.
___They don’t always make sense, but I easily figure them out.
___They don’t always make sense, but after some work I figure them out.
___There are some that are very difficult to figure out.

***THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING***

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