How Generalizable are Institutional Characteristics in CSET Studies to U.S. Higher Education? A Statistical Study

Authors

Michael Spooner, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Joshua Baumann, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Eric James, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, MankatoFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

This study uses distribution-to-distribution statistical tests to determine the level of similarity between the CSET offering institutions and the entire population of higher education institutions in the United States, as listed in the Carnegie data. These results show that the institutional context in which U.S. CSET education occurs is sufficiently different from higher education in the U.S. as a whole that CSET education research needs to continue as a stand-alone discipline. In particular, the large number of classifications in which the sample and population data are significantly different indicates that CSET education is a special case from higher education as a whole and thus needs its own studies.

Department

Integrated Engineering

Print ISSN

2377-634X

Publication Title

2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference

Recommended Citation

Spooner, M., Baumann, J., James, E., & Karlin, J. (2020). How generalizable are institutional characteristics in CSET studies to U.S. higher education? A statistical study. 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274166

DOI

10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274166

Link to Publisher Version (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274166

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