The baseline survey administered to students included
questions on students’ background characteristics, such as
socioeconomic status, as well as their prior exposure to statistics
and the reason for their interest in possibly taking the
statistics course in a hybrid format. The end-of-semester survey
asked questions about their experiences in the statistics
course. Students in study-affiliated sections of the statistics
course took a final exam that included a set of items that was
identical across all the participating sections at that campus.
The scores of study participants on this common portion
of the exam were provided to the research team, along with
background administrative data and final course grades of
all students (both participants and, for comparison purposes,
nonparticipants) enrolled in the course.