Course Capacity Deviation for Selected Term

The Course Capacity Deviation report looks at the average max enrollment for sections of any given course for a selected term and calculates the Population Standard Deviation. This standard deviation will show how much variation or dispersion there is from the average max enrollment. A low standard deviation shows that section max-enrollments of a course tend to be close to the average, whereas high standard deviations can indicate the data is spread over a large range of values. Analyzing courses that have a high standard deviation can help point to instances of course max-enrollments being based on varying parameters including rooms sizes and instructor preferences as opposed to ideal, student-centric class sizes.

 

Report Fields

Course Subject and course code
Title Course title
Sections The total number of sections offered for the course during the analyzed term.
Average Max. Enroll Average max enrollment for all sections of the course.
Capacity Standard Deviation Population Standard Deviation of the max enrollment values of all sections in the course. A low standard deviation shows that section max-enrollments of a course tend to be close to the average, whereas high standard deviations can indicate the data is spread over a large range of values.
Standard Deviation Percentage Percentage of Capacity Standard Deviation compared to Average Max. Enroll.  Shows the relationship of the standard deviation compared to the size of the class.

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