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TABLE IIE-14<br />

SATISFACTION WITH INTERPERSONAL CLIMATE BY HIGH SCHOOL<br />

BACKGROUND AND YEAR IN SCHOOL<br />

(Mean scores on SATPEERS and SATFAC)<br />

Year in School: First Year Students of all Levels<br />

High School<br />

Background<br />

Satisfaction<br />

SATFAC<br />

Fac<strong>to</strong>r:<br />

SATPEERS SATFAC SATPEERS<br />

High school Mostly A’s and .373 .044 .031 .056<br />

math and science B’s<br />

grades Mostly B’s or<br />

lower<br />

.180 -.217 -.034 -.019<br />

Extra-Curricular More .440 .035 .086 .000<br />

Math and<br />

Science Activities<br />

Less .115 -.275 -.054 .004<br />

When we put <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> family and high school background variables as<br />

independent variables in a multiple regression analysis where SATFAC and SATPEERS<br />

are <strong>the</strong> dependent variables, we <strong>see</strong> that students’ satisfaction with student-faculty<br />

relations has little relationship <strong>to</strong> background characteristics for both first-year and more<br />

advanced students. Apparently <strong>the</strong> faculty make an effort <strong>to</strong> connect <strong>to</strong> students with both<br />

stronger and weaker backgrounds. We also <strong>see</strong> that background characteristics are<br />

related <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> first-year students’ satisfaction with peers more than <strong>the</strong>y are for students at<br />

more advanced levels, among whom family and high school background have hardly any<br />

impact on how satisfied <strong>the</strong>y are with ei<strong>the</strong>r faculty or peers (<strong>the</strong> R 2 shows us that less<br />

than 5% of <strong>the</strong> variance in SATPEERS and SATFAC is explained by background<br />

characteristics among students at all levels).<br />

IIE-179

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