Findings indicate that, even though the
actual class sizes of the studied online courses
were not related to their actual interactive
qualities and that most respondents perceived
their online courses as moderately and highly
interactive, respondents still believed that they
needed smaller classes to achieve higher interactive
levels (i.e., an average class size of 22.8
versus a perceived average optimal class size
of 18.9). Furthermore, the data indicate that
every respondent believed that even smaller
class sizes were needed to achieve the highest
interactive level possible in the RAIQ (i.e., an
average of 15.6).