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2011 Survey Cycle – Response Rates Over 50%

April 14, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

The 2011 MISO Survey has now closed.  This year, 17 institutions participated in the survey cycle, with 9 institutions participating for the first time, and 8 institutions returning.

We’re happy to report that response rates for faculty, staff, and students were all over 50%.

For each population, here is its number of respondents and its response rate.

2011 Responses 2011 Response Rate
Faculty 2,401 55.3%
Staff 3,109 51.3%
Students 5,006 51.9%

 

While participation has been strong overall, we’re particularly pleased with the high response rates among undergraduates. We are unaware of any other national survey regarding libraries and/or IT organizations that has higher student response rates.

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2010 Survey Response Rates

April 12, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

In 2010, the MISO Survey’s response rates for each campus population were quite good.  The student response rate, in particular, was far better than in past years.

Students

The MISO Survey is administered to a random stratified sample of 700 students at each institution.  In past years our response rate has been in the low 30%’s.  This year, 44.9% of our student population completed the Survey.  We’re especially proud of this year’s student response rate.  We attribute this success was largely to improvements in the Survey’s communication methodology.

Faculty and staff

The MISO Survey is administered to the entire faculty and staff population at each participating institution (with the exception of the library and technology staffs).  In 2010, 48.8% of the faculty population and 50.3% of our staff population responded to the Survey.

Response trends

Over the Survey’s 5 year lifespan, faculty and staff response rates have been consistently high.  Since 2008, we’ve achieved a marked increase in the response rate for students.

2006-2010 Response Rates

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