RE: data collection forms

["Donald P. Carey" <careydp@hal.lamar.edu>]

Hi all,

I'm keeping your requests in my inbox and will begin filling "orders" on
Monday when I return to work (my forms are there, and I'm at home recovering
from surgery).  Until then . . . .

Thanks,
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu [mailto:owner-wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu]On
Behalf Of Bradley T. Peters
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 11:13 AM
To: wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu
Subject: Re: data collection forms

Donald,

Your offer has made you very popular.  Can I be added to your request list?

--Brad Peters, FAX (815) 753-0606.

Steven Strang wrote:

> Donald,
>
> I'd be very interested in receiving a copy of this form as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> Steven Strang, Ph.D.
> Director, The Writing and Communication Center
> 14N-317
> MIT
> Cambridge, MA 02139
> (617) 253-4459 (office)
> (617) 253-3090 (Center)
>
> Fax: (617) 253-6910
>
> URL: http://web.mit.edu/writing
>
> At 11:58 AM 10/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi Rebecca,
> >
> >If you will send me your fax number or mailing address, I'll be happy to
> >send you my consultant-writer critique session form.  I'm now working
with
> >my fourth revision of the form; I think it gets better each time.
> >
> >Regarding other data collected, I have tracking software that allows me
to
> >see who is doing what and for how long.  The software collects
demographic
> >information the first time the user logs on.  One demographic that I ask
for
> >that I think will eventually be particularly useful is the user's college
> >major.  This hopefully will allow me to identify which departments that I
> >may not be reaching regarding the services we provide.  Also, at some
point
> >I plan to compare retention rates among our clientele to the university
at
> >large, hopefully to show that our clientele tend to stay in school longer
> >(graduate?) than non-writing center visitors.  If you are interested in
this
> >type of tracking system, let me know in your reply; I'll give you the
> >particulars about where to find the software.
> >
> >Donald P. Carey
> >Writing Center Director,
> >Lamar University
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu
[mailto:owner-wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu]On
> >Behalf Of Rebecca Jarvis
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 8:18 PM
> >To: wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu
> >Subject: data collection forms
> >
> >I've been lurking on this list since last spring, when I was hired at a
tiny
> >rural community college where I get to wear several hats including wc
> >director. Your discussions over the last few months have been incredibly
> >helpful and even at times comforting to me in facing the usual new-job
> >stresses--the advice for new directors was particularly wonderful. Thanks
to
> >all!
> >
> >I have a request related to the data-collection and analysis thread: The
> >only data that's been collected here at EAC in the past is a lab-user
> >head-count. Obviously, I need to put in place more extensive
record-keeping.
> >Would any of you be willing to share, off-list, copies of the forms your
> >tutors or clients fill out?  Also, if anyone has anything to add to
what's
> >already been said about the data you collect from clients and why, and
what
> >types of analysis you do, I'd love to hear more about it.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Rebecca Jarvis
> >Eastern Arizona College
> >
> >