Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 30: Table 654
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Table 654

Q30. How many years have you been working towards your current degree?
Base Faculty Member Graduate Student Faculty / Graduate Student Under Graduate Student Public Private Liberal Arts Biological Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences Arts and Humanities Engineering Business Law Undecided Major Male Female
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q
Base - Students 2304 0** 1056 1056 1248 1065 534 705 308 305 771 437 90 266 25 102 1102 1202
Less than 1 year (.5) 436 0 149 149 287 158 122 155 41 50 128 74 14 61 4 63 213 223
18.9 0 14.1 14.1 23 14.9 22.8 22 13.4 16.4 16.6 16.9 15.7 23.1 15.6 61.8 19.3 18.5
BC E E HIJKL
1-2 years (1.5) 879 0 449 449 430 380 229 270 106 112 288 166 44 117 12 35 429 450
38.2 0 42.5 42.5 34.5 35.7 42.9 38.3 34.6 36.7 37.3 37.9 48.1 44.1 46.9 34.3 39 37.4
D D E HIJK H HIJ
3-4 years (3.5) 791 0 318 318 473 382 135 273 122 115 282 167 25 69 8 3 367 424
34.3 0 30.1 30.1 37.9 35.9 25.3 38.8 39.7 37.7 36.6 38.2 27.2 25.9 32.7 2.9 33.3 35.3
BC F F LM LM LM LM
5-6 years (5.5) 138 0 93 93 45 101 32 4 27 21 47 19 7 16 0 0 63 75
6 0 8.8 8.8 3.6 9.5 6.1 0.6 8.9 6.9 6.1 4.4 8 5.9 1.4 0 5.7 6.2
D D FG G KN N N KN N
7-8 years (7.5) 28 0 25 25 3 19 9 0 8 7 8 3 0 2 0 0 15 13
1.2 0 2.4 2.4 0.3 1.8 1.6 0 2.6 2.3 1 0.8 0.3 0.7 1.4 0 1.3 1.1
D D G G KL
9-10 years (9.5) 12 0 10 10 2 10 2 0 1 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 5 6
0.5 0 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.4 0 0.3 0 0.7 1 0.6 0 1.4 0 0.5 0.5
D D G I IM
Over 10 years (12) 14 0 10 10 5 10 2 2 1 0 11 1 0 0 0 1 6 9
0.6 0 0.9 0.9 0.4 1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0 1.5 0.3 0 0 0.7 1 0.5 0.7
IM
Don't Know 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
0.1 0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0 0.3 0 0 0.3 0 0.3 0 0 0.2 0.1
Refused 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
0.1 0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0 0 0 0.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.1
Median 1.31 0 1.34 1.34 1.28 1.48 1.13 1.23 1.59 1.42 1.39 1.36 1.21 1.11 1.23 0.4 1.28 1.34
Mean 2.42 0 2.63 2.63 2.24 2.74 2.19 2.11 2.72 2.5 2.58 2.43 2.28 2.07 2.31 1.04 2.38 2.46
D D FG KLMN M LM M
Standard Deviation 1.77 0 1.99 1.99 1.55 1.98 1.73 1.35 1.76 1.61 1.97 1.67 1.57 1.47 1.81 1.27 1.75 1.8
Standard Error 0.04 0 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.1 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.15 0.13 0.05 0.05