Factor Analysis

Homegrown exit surveys tend to expand over time to include everything but the kitchen sink. This session outlines how a small Institutional Research (IR) office utilized a student research team to condense and improve the Graduating Student Survey (GSS) at BYU-Hawaii.

This poster outlines steps our student research team at BYU-Hawaii took to answer this question. Results from factor analysis, a review of literature and existing similar surveys, and information gleaned from faculty and staff members informed the survey revision pilot. Results of the pilot and next steps will be shared.