Pre-course survey

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Step 1: Pre-Course Survey Please complete the beginning of course survey below. MOOCs are an exciting new learning adventure, and part of our goal in offering this course is to learn about you including why you enrolled and what you hope to gain from this experience. Step 2: True/False Questions Once you have answered the survey questions below, and before you watch any of the videos, we'd like to get a quick idea of your background statistics knowledge. Please answer this set of 10 true/false questions. At this point we don't expect you to know any of the answers to these questions. Learning about your knowledge before you start the course will help us measure its effectiveness. Please note that neither the survey nor the background knowledge quiz is a course evaluation, and they are not linked to the grading scheme.

Question 1
Which of the following descriptions best characterizes you? Student Professional Researcher Academic / Professor Lifelong Learner

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None of the above

Question 2
Please rate the importance to you of the following possible reasons for enrolling in this course. (Please rate on a scale of not important to very important) Completely unimportant This subject is relevant to my academic field of study This class teaches skills that will help my job/career I want to earn some sort of credential that I can use to enhance my CV resume Because this course is offered by a prestigious university I think taking this course will be fun and
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Mostly unimportant

Somewhat important

Mostly important

Extremely important

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enjoyable

Question 3
How many hours per week are you planning to spend on this course? 0 (Im not taking the coursejust browsing.) 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 >15

Question 4
Please indicate your gender. Male Female Prefer not to say

Question 5
Please indicate your age group. 17 or under

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18-25 years 26-45 years 46-55 years 56-65 years 66-75 years 76-85 years 86 years or older

Question 6
Please indicate your highest level of education. Less than high school Completed high school Completed some post-secondary education but did not earn a degree Completed post-secondary education (college or university degree) Completed post-graduate education (masters or doctoral degree)

Question 7
Please indicate the region of the world in which you live. North America South America Africa Australia Europe Asia

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Question 8
Have you studied statistics before? Yes, I have a degree in statistics or significant work experience. Yes, I have taken some courses or have some work experience. Yes, one of my courses had a unit on statistics. Yes, I have done some personal reading or exploring on my own. No, not at all.

Question 9
How much work do you plan to do for this course? I plan to complete all the requirements, including watching all videos, completing all quizzes and homework, and earning a statement of accomplishment. I plan to watch most videos and complete quizzes but not do the homework assignments. I plan to watch most videos and complete homework assignments but not complete the quizzes. I plan to watch some videos, but am unlikely to take the quizzes or do the homework. I am not sure.

Question 10
Counting only MOOCs that are currently finished, how many MOOCs have you enrolled in, but not completed?
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0 1-3 4-6 7-9 >10

Question 11
Counting only MOOCs that are currently finished, how many MOOCs have you completed? 0 1-3 4-6 7-9 >10

Question 12
Counting MOOCs that are currently in progress (but not including this one), how many MOOCs are you enrolled in? 0 1-3 4-6 7-9 >10

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Question 13
How would you describe your income level within your own community? My income is above average for my community. My income is average for my community. My income is below average for my community.

Question 14
The English language Is my first language. Is my second language. is my third or later language.

Question 15
Please use this space to tell us anything else you'd like us to know about you or about why you enrolled in this course.

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