Postgraduate Students' Assessment of Their Social Science Training, 1971

UKDA study number:1273

Principal Investigator

Social Science Research Council. Survey Unit

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

January 1981

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Social Science Research Council. Survey Unit, Postgraduate Students' Assessment of Their Social Science Training, 1971 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], January 1981. SN: 1273, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-1273-1

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1273 . Postgraduate Students' Assessment of Their Social Science Training, 1971

Depositor:

Economic and Social Research Council

Principal Investigator:

Social Science Research Council. Survey Unit

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to investigate postgraduate students' evaluations of the provision made for their studies in their universities.

Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Whether studentship was taken up immediately following first degree, if not how many years elapsed before returning to full time study, details of any intermediate courses, whether would have preferred larger or smaller department in terms of number of faculties/students, which journals in field regularly read, whether postgraduate work has resulted in any publications or papers (details), assessment of quality and rank order of importance of several components of postgraduate training (e.g. lectures, computer/laboratory/library facilities, departmental/contacts), extent to which course has supplied competence in research techniques/ understanding of relevant theory/basis for making judgments about what is important in field/sense of intellectual excitement, whether satisfied with choice of topic/interest, if not - what action would like to take (e.g. change topic/discipline), whether would like/expects to carry out research in next post, type of employment anticipated, degree of relevance of training to expected job.
Background Variables
Age, sex, marital status, number of years received SSRC grant, place and title of first degree, title of degree course, results (if known), method of examination, thesis/dissertation title.

Coverage:

Dates of Fieldwork: 1971
Country: United Kingdom
Spatial Units: No information recorded
Observation Units: Individuals; Groups

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Postgraduate students in the social sciences who had been awarded a grant from the SSRC

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Number of Units: 1302 (target) 1003 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Postal survey

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

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Date of First Release:

1 January 1981

File last updated:

24 April 2012