Research Skills Assessment Results
Student Performance by Competency Category
(Percentage of Students Correctly AnsweringQuestions in a Particular Category)
| Category | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
| Defining Research Needs | 81% | 95% | 91% |
| Accessing Information | 68% | 65% | 63% |
| Locating Relevant Information | 79% | 80% | 81% |
| Critically Evaluating Information | 67% | 73% | 73% |
| Employing Ethical Principles | 87% | 85% | 41% |
2006 Research Skills Assessment Questions
Please click on the question number in order to see question text. Please note that specific questions are revised as necessary each year due to assessment results. Currently, some of the 2006 data is under review as initial data analysis revealed some statistical reliability issues that need to be investigated further (indicated by the term "reviewing").| Question | Competency |
% Correct: 2006 |
% Correct: 2005 |
% Correct: 2004 |
| 3 | Accessing Information |
52% | 51% | 48% |
| 4 | Accessing Information |
66% | 69% | 67% |
| 5 | Accessing Information |
74% | n/a | n/a |
| 6 | Accessing Information |
58% | 66% | 67% |
| 7 | Accessing Information |
54% | 59% | 79% |
| 8 | Accessing Information |
91% | 94% | 91% |
| 9 | Accessing Information |
79% | 79% | 68% |
| 10 | Critically Evaluating Information |
reviewing | 89% | 72% |
| 11 | Locating Relevant Information* |
91% | 93% | 96% |
| 12 | Locating Relevant Information* |
85% | 80% | 87% |
| 13 | Locating Relevant Information* |
98% | 96% | 95% |
| 14 | Locating Relevant Information* |
99% | 99% | 95% |
| 15 | Locating Relevant Information |
50% | 52% | 52% |
| 16 | Locating Relevant Information |
83% | 83% | 91% |
| 17 | Locating Relevant Information |
55% | 59% | 48% |
| 18 | Critically Evaluating Information |
reviewing | 58% | 87% |
| 19 | Critically Evaluating Information |
71% | 67% | 66% |
| 20 | Critically Evaluating Information |
76% | 75% | 78% |
| 21 | Critically Evaluating Information |
65% | 66% | 65% |
| 22 | Defining Research Needs |
76% | 90% | 91% |
| 23 | Critically Evaluating Information |
reviewing | 79% | 75% |
| 24 | Critically Evaluating Information |
reviewing | 86% | 65% |
| 25 | Employing Ethical Principles |
reviewing | 99% | 41% |
| 26 | Accessing Information |
reviewing | 83% | 68% |
| 29 | Defining Research Needs |
96% | 94% | n/a |
| 30 | Critically Evaluating Information |
57% | 63% | n/a |
| 31 | Defining Research Needs |
reviewing | 100% | n/a |
| 32 | Employing Ethical Principles |
86% | 69% | n/a |
| 33 | Employing Ethical Principles |
87% | 88% | n/a |
| 34 | Locating Relevant Information |
68% | n/a | n/a |
| 35 | Defining Research Needs |
72% | n/a | n/a |