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General Feedback Form Release

June 24, 2024/In: Homepage /by apurpuro

The Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP) is excited to announce a new feedback form that will allow participating Data Buddies departments to leave us any general feedback they have on the project as a whole.

The form is a brief survey that prompts respondents to give their thoughts on a few different aspects of the entire survey process including existing survey measures, the department reports, and any additional measures that are recommended to be added to the survey.

All current Data Buddies departments are encouraged to leave feedback they have for us at any time through our website. We will take all feedback into consideration and look to incorporate it into our future processes with the project.

If you are interested in utilizing this new feedback form, please use this link. As always, thank you for your continued support of the CRA Data Buddies Project!

Fall 2023 Data Buddies Department Reports Release

May 28, 2024/In: Homepage /by apurpuro

The Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP) is excited to announce the release of the Fall 2023 Data Buddies Department Reports to all participating departments!

This year, 138 academic departments across the United States and Canada were eligible to receive a department report. To be eligible to receive a report, departments must achieve at least 5 survey responses from students in their department.

Geographic Distribution of Data Buddies

In addition to the standard full report, departments received a characteristics report that delves into the student respondents’ academic background and demographics. New this year, participating departments were also provided with a key findings report. This was created in response to feedback from some departments for a desire for a more digestible version of the report that highlights some of the most important and interesting findings from the survey in a much-reduced format.

Key Findings Report

There were also 16 participating departments that received additional special reports that departments specifically requested from the CERP team. Departments can request up to three specialized reports that present unique data either through selecting a specific subset of students to narrow down the sample and/or modifying their comparison group. For example, departments may request a report that splits out their data by just PhD or master’s students or Domestic and International Students. Data Buddies departments request these special reports by completing this Special Report Form.

All Data Buddies reports were made accessible for departments on the Data Buddies reporting portal created by the CERP team which currently allows departments to easily access and download all of their department’s reports going back to 2021. The CERP team plans to upload reports from previous years onto the portal for access in the near future as well.

Reporting Portal

The release of the department reports also marked the release of the 2023 Data Buddies Annual Report and the release of public datasets that incorporate all response data across all departments. Both of these releases are available on the CERP Website.

Read more about the Data Buddies report release in Computing Research News.

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CERP team releases new version of Data Buddies Project webpage

August 19, 2021/In: CERP Bulletin Email, Homepage /by CERP Staff

Over the last few months, the CERP team has been refreshing the Data Buddies Project webpage. These new updates provide clearer, more accessible information about the project and how departments can sign up to participate in the annual Data Buddies Survey (DBS).

Some of the updated content includes a list of measures that appear on DBS, responsibilities for participating departments, and other frequently asked questions! Visit the main project webpage at: https://cra.org/cerp/data-buddies/.

The page also aggregates many other useful survey-related resources and links to sample reports that we provide participating departments.

Is your department already participating in DBS? If not, sign up to join today! We look forward to bringing DBS to your department. We are currently in the process of enrolling new departments for our 2021 survey cycle; this year, the survey will open around October/November (exact date to be announced soon).

Here is the general timeline for a given DBS survey cycle:

If you have any further questions about the Data Buddies Project, please contact us!

This post is brought to you by the CRA’s Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP). CERP provides social science research and comparative evaluation for the computing community. Subscribe to the CERP newsletter & bulletin by clicking here. Volunteer for Data Buddies by signing up here.

SIGCSE 2021 Panel Recap: How Student Surveys Drive Change: Using the Data Buddies Department Report from the Computing Research Association

March 17, 2021/In: Homepage /by Colin Karnes

On Monday, March 15, CRA’s Director of the Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP) Burçin Tamer was a panelist at the SIGCSE 2021 session, “How Student Surveys Drive Change: Using the Data Buddies Department Report from the Computing Research Association.” Tamer and other panelists discussed how departments have used their students’ responses to the Data Buddies Survey to make meaningful changes in their department. You can read more about the Data Buddies Survey here. To become a Data Buddies partner department, you can sign-up here.

You can find the session slides and a video overview of the panel by clicking the link provided below.