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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Analyst Community of Practice, <br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For the July meeting, we are collaborating with the Campus Working Group on Assessment (CWGA) to hold a summit on Using
and Analyzing Survey Data, which will feature the New Student Survey
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<font size="2">July 20, from 1:30-3:00 PM in SSB 120</font> </span> <br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>This summit will focus on: (1) using survey data to verify the
underlying premise for a planned action or to correct misperceptions (2) using
longitudinal data to monitor change, and (3) using comparative data to look at
different student populations.<span> </span>The
purpose of this meeting is to review the fall 2017 NSS data through these three
lenses, identify data-informed observations and insights, and identify research
questions for further analysis.<span></span></span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">
<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">The intended outcomes of the summit are as follows: <br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>Participants will learn strategies to support assessment and
decision-making with data collected in the New Student Survey and identify data
relevant to their areas to work <b><span></span></b></span></font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><font size="2"><span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Participants will identify specific research questions for further
analysis at the campus level</span><span></span></span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span> </li></ul><font size="2">The agenda is attached below. </font><br></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Feel free to share the invitation to colleagues who might benefit
from attending a session on using and analyzing survey data, and/or
folks who have an interest in data from the New Student Survey. <br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">We hope to see you on July 20! </font><br></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Regards, <br></font></div><div><font size="2"> <br></font></div><div><font size="2">Corinne <br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br clear="all"></font></div>
-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Corinne Townsend, PhD<div>Institutional Research Analyst<br></div><div>Institutional Research and Decision Support<br></div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div>Phone: (209) 228-6901</div><div><a href="mailto:ctownsend@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">ctownsend@ucmerced.edu</a><br></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>