IEEE All Society Research Project: 2003 IEEE Education Society Research coordinated by

IEEE All Society Research Project: 2003IEEE Education Society

Research coordinated byIEEE Research

Corporate Strategy and Communications

Overview of Project

Overview of Project In February 2003, Society presidents endorsed a

research project that would, for the first time, survey all IEEE Societies. This project was named, “IEEE All Society Research Project.”

The project was coordinated by Elena Gerstmann, Director, IEEE Research.

Each Society appointed a point of contact (poc) to work on this project.

The Socpoc team, via email, oversaw the processes. This team included one person from each Society, a staff member from RAD, a staff member from TAD, and the two-person IEEE Research staff.

Goals The goals of this project were to provide each

Society with membership information in order to: Plan for the future Measure membership satisfaction with each Society

and IEEE Develop strategies for membership growth & retention Assess the value and importance of existing programs

and services (publications, conferences, websites, etc.) and of membership, in general

Highlight “hot” content areas Determine membership demographics (employment

status, industry, years of professional experience, etc.)

Methodology - Questionnaire Questionnaire development

The Socpoc team came to a consensus on the format and wording of a template questionnaire.

This template questionnaire provided a framework for each Society’s questionnaire.

The template contained both standard questions that were the same for all Societies and questions that could be customized by each Society.

Each Society representative customized the questionnaire for his or her Society.

Methodology – Sample Sample

The population of members that could have been selected for participation were Higher grade Society members (Associates, Fellows, Members, Senior Members; no Life members or Students) with an email address on file (approximately 88% of IEEE members have an email address on file)

1,200 members were randomly selected per Society A sampling plan was developed that assured that each

member would only receive one questionnaire regardless of how many Society memberships she or he holds.

Comparisons between the randomly drawn sample and the Society populations were made to ensure representative samples

Methodology – Data Collection Data collection began in early June 2003

1) Society Presidents had an option of sending an email message to the sample informing them of the survey

2) Elena Gerstmann, Director, IEEE Research, sent an email invitation to each sample explaining the project along with the URL to the Society’s web survey

3) Approximately 14 days after the initial email message was sent, a reminder email was sent. This message thanked those who had already completed the survey and encouraged those who hadn’t completed it to do so.

An additional sample of 1,800 IEEE non-Society members received a similar survey

Response Rate for IEEE Education Society

A total of 436 IEEE Education Society members responded to the questionnaire

Estimating that 1,100 email invitations were delivered, the response rate was 40%

Assuming these responses constitute a representative sample because the sample was randomly drawn and was representative of the population of IEEE Education Society members with email addresses

the margin-of-error is within ±4.3% with a 95% degree of confidence

Detailed Findings

Membership Issues

Please select the main reasons why you maintain membership in the IEEE Education Society. (Select up to three that apply.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Attend local chapter activities

Access to continuing education

Serve as a volunteer

Contribute to my profession

Networking

Obtain technical information

Keep informed in my field

Obtain Education Society publications

Please select the main reasons why you maintain membership in the IEEE Education Society. (Select up to three that apply.)

Choice Count Percent of Sample

To obtain technical information and resources 239 54.8%

To meet and interact with others who share my professional interests (networking)

118 27.1%

To obtain IEEE Education Society publications (paper and/or electronic)

302 69.3%

To serve as a volunteer (for example, write or review articles, speak at conferences or serve on committees)

53 12.2%

To contribute to my profession 111 25.5%

To keep myself informed of the advancements in my field 274 62.8%

To attend local chapter activities 6 1.4%

To get access to continuing education opportunities 30 6.9%

Other, please specify 20 4.6%

Please indicate how well you feel IEEE Education Society is providing opportunities and services in each of these areas.

(Select one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Local chapter activities

Continuing education opportunities

Opportunities to network

Opportunities to volunteer

Ability to contribute to my profession

Keep informed in my field

Obtain technical information

Obtain Education Society publications

Very well 1

2

3

4

Very poorly 5

Please indicate how well you feel IEEE Education Society is providing opportunities and services in each of these areas.

(Select one for each item.)

Topic Very well 1

2 3 4 Very poorly 5

Not aware/ No opinion

Technical information and resources 84 187 98 23 3 35

Opportunities to meet and interact with others who share my professional interests (networking)

32 90 107 48 21 126

IEEE Education Society publications (paper and/or electronic)

150 173 76 15 2 10

Opportunities to volunteer (for example, write or review articles, speak at conferences or serve on committees)

35 71 90 50 17 159

Ability to contribute to my profession 53 153 120 31 5 63

Informed of the advancements in my field 81 178 92 40 6 33

Local chapter activities 9 20 55 56 70 209

Continuing education opportunities 15 57 101 54 21 175

Overall, how satisfied are you with your IEEE Education Society and IEEE memberships? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEEEducation

SocietyMembership

IEEEMembership Highly satisfied 1

23

4Highly dissatisfied 5

Overall, how satisfied are you with your IEEE Education Society and IEEE memberships? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Highly satisfied 1

2 3 4 Highly dissatisfied 5

IEEE Education Society Membership

89 202 111 20 4

IEEE Membership

150 213 58 8 2

Would you recommend IEEE Education Society membership and IEEE membership to a colleague? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEEEducation

SocietyMembership

IEEEMembership

Definitely wouldrecommend it 1

2

3

4

Definitely would NOTrecommend it 5

Would you recommend IEEE Education Society membership and IEEE membership to a colleague? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Definitely would recommend it 1

2 3 4 Definitely would NOT recommend it 5


134 158 110 24 4

IEEE Membership

245 129 43 6 4

The next time your IEEE Education Society and IEEE memberships are up for renewal, do you plan to renew? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEEEducation

SocietyMembership

IEEEMembership

Definitely willrenew 1

2

3

4

Definitely will NOTrenew 5

The next time your IEEE Education Society and IEEE memberships are up for renewal, do you plan to renew? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Definitely will renew 1

2 3 4 Definitely will NOT renew 5


274 99 44 13 5

IEEE Membership

366 45 14 2 1

Does your employer currently pay or reimburse you for your membership dues? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEEEducation

SocietyMembership

IEEEMembership

All

Part

None

Does your employer currently pay or reimburse you for your membership dues? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic All Part None


83 21 319

IEEE Membership 83 27 312

Websites and Educational Opportunities

How often do you visit the following websites? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

General searchengines

Other professionalassociations' websites

IEEE Xplore®

IEEE EducationSociety Website

IEEE Website

11+ times a month

4 to 10 times a month


Less than once a month

Aware of, but never visited

Not aware

How often do you visit the following websites? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic 11+ times a month



Less than once a month

Aware of, but never visited

Not aware

IEEE Web site 22 60 155 174 21 1

IEEE Education Society Web site

6 9 71 156 102 86

IEEE Xplore® 36 63 64 96 68 87

Other professional associations' Web sites

25 71 118 150 34 32

General search engines (for example, Google, Yahoo, etc.)

331 57 19 19 5 1

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE Education Society provides adequateproducts and services

My employer provides adequate training

Have access to enough info from sourcesother than my employer and Education

Society

Education Society should offer more CD-ROM/DVD educational opportunities

Education Society should offer moreInternet educational opportunities

Completely agree 1

2

3

4

Completely disagree 5

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Completely agree 1

2 3 4 Completely disagree 5

No opinion

My employer provides adequate training to maintain my skills in my professional field.

37 84 90 103 88 31

The IEEE Education Society provides adequate products and services to maintain my skills in my professional field.

22 100 177 69 18 46

I have access to enough information to maintain my skills in my professional field from sources other than my employer and IEEE Education Society.

62 171 131 43 9 15

IEEE Education Society should offer more educational opportunities via the Internet.

112 134 83 32 8 65

IEEE Education Society should offer more educational opportunities via CD-ROM/DVD.

102 113 87 48 18 63

Conferences

Number of Conferences Attended

How many technical conferences, meetings, or workshops do you attend in a typical two-year period? Mean=4.10; Median=3; Mode=2; Range = 0 to 24

If you attend conferences in a typical two-year period, please indicate their sponsorship.

Sponsored or cosponsored by Education Society Mean=.48; Median=0; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 8

Sponsored or cosponsored by another IEEE Society (not Education Society) Mean=1.50; Median=1; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 10

Not sponsored or cosponsored by IEEE or an IEEE Society Mean=2.41; Median=2; Mode=1; Range = 0 to 17

Conferences that I am unsure who sponsors Mean=.44; Median=0; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 8

Please indicate how useful the Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference is to you? (Choose one for each item.)

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

FIE Conference

I am NOT familiar with thisconferenceI am familiar but cannot rate it

Not at all useful 5

4

3

2

Extremely useful 1

Please indicate how useful the Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference is to you? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Extremely useful 1

2 3 4 Not at all useful 5

I am familiar but cannot rate it

I am NOT familiar with this conference

Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference

37 49 33 10 10 81 207

Publications

Below are major publications sponsored or co-sponsored by IEEE or IEEE Education Society. How useful are these to you?

(Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

The Interface

The Institute

FIE Conference

IEEETransactions on

Education

IEEE SpectrumExtremely useful 1

2

3

4

Not at all useful 5


I am NOT familiar with thispublication

Below are major publications sponsored or co-sponsored by IEEE or IEEE Education Society. How useful are these to you?


Topic Extremely useful 1

2 3 4 Not at all useful 5


I am NOT familiar with this publication

IEEE Spectrum 99 190 107 24 10 4 0

The Institute 23 77 160 93 28 16 33

The Interface 16 51 107 55 11 34 137

IEEE Transactions on Education

85 199 90 30 6 9 12

Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference Proceedings

26 55 47 15 6 62 219

Have you read the following publications in the last two years? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

The Interface

The Institute

IEEE Spectrum

Yes, I have read

No, I have not read

Have you read the following publications in the last two years? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Yes, I have read No, I have not read

IEEE Spectrum 422 12

The Institute 348 85

The Interface 210 219

Have you read IEEE Transactions on Education in the last two years?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I have notread

Yes, I haveread

Have you read IEEE Transactions on Education in the last two years?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Yes, I have read 399 91.7%

No, I have not read 36 8.3%

Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the IEEE Transactions on Education. (Choose one for each item.)

(Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Relevance to myprofessional needs

Level of content

Quality of articles

Timeliness ofcontent

Breadth of topics

Authors of articles

Quality of designand layout

Highly satisfied 1

2

3

4

Highly dissatisfied 5

Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the IEEE Transactions on Education. (Choose one for each item.)

(Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)



No opinion

Relevance of content to my professional needs

63 178 116 28 3 9

Level of content 64 202 101 21 1 6

Quality of articles 77 202 86 22 2 7

Timeliness of content 42 172 111 26 2 44

Breadth of topics covered 53 181 105 36 5 17

Authors of the articles 44 163 82 10 0 94

Quality of design and layout 72 197 88 17 1 16

Have you read Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference Proceedings in the last two years?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I have notread

Yes, I haveread

Have you read Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference Proceedings in the last two years?


Yes, I have read 89 20.5%

No, I have not read 346 79.5%

Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference Proceedings.

(Choose one for each item.) (Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Relevance to myprofessional needs

Level of content

Quality of articles

Timeliness ofcontent

Breadth of topics

Authors of articles

Quality of designand layout

Highly satisfied 1

2

3

4


Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference Proceedings.

(Choose one for each item.) (Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)



No opinion

Relevance of content to my professional needs

24 36 19 6 0 2

Level of content 20 33 26 5 0 2

Quality of articles 22 22 32 8 0 2

Timeliness of content 19 39 21 2 0 5

Breadth of topics covered 26 34 18 4 0 5

Authors of the articles 16 37 15 1 0 18

Quality of design and layout 24 31 22 3 0 7

Content Coverage

Indicate the amount of content coverage in the following areas you would like to see in IEEE Education Society publications, conferences, products and services.


0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Optics & Photonics Sys Eng Educ

Linear Sys & Circuit Design Educ

Analog Sys Educ

Power Sys & Apparatus Educ

Controls, Robotics, & Manufacturing Sys Eng

Communication Sys Eng Educ

Digital Sys Eng Educ

Telecommunication Eng Educ

Electromagnetics Educ

Electronics Educ

Nanotechnology Educ

Digital Signal & Image Processing Eng Educ

Computer Science & Eng Educ

Distance & Asynchronous Learning Educ & IntegratedCircuit & MEMS Educ

Curriculum & Teaching Pedagogy

Much more content

More content

Same amount receiving now

Less content

No content

No opinion

Indicate the amount of content coverage in the following areas you would like to see in IEEE Education Society publications, conferences, products and services.


Topic Much more content

More content

Same amount receiving now

Less content

No content

No opinion

Computer Science and Engineering Education 66 128 151 14 2 51

Communication Systems Engineering Education 31 111 162 28 3 75

Controls, Robotics, and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

27 83 162 43 3 88

Digital Signal and Image Processing Engineering Education

42 89 176 28 1 73

Digital Systems Engineering Education 30 91 177 23 3 72

Curriculum and Teaching Pedagogy 128 165 72 17 2 36

Electromagnetics Education 41 67 156 69 8 74

Linear Systems and Circuit Design Education 25 81 175 54 6 71

Optics and Photonics Systems Engineering Education 23 61 156 60 9 94

Power Systems and Apparatus Education 27 48 154 82 13 88

Telecommunication Engineering Education 40 104 163 28 4 71

Distance and Asynchronous Learning Education and Integrated Circuit and MEMS Education

73 124 103 34 3 77

Analog Systems Education 25 69 168 59 5 81

Electronics Education 41 102 162 38 4 68

Nanotechnology Education 41 99 138 41 8 87

IEEE Education Society Chapters

Have you participated in a local chapter of the IEEE Education Society in the past two years?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I know a localchapter exists, but

I do not attend

No, and I do notknow if there is a

local chapter

No, there is nolocal chapter

Yes

Have you participated in a local chapter of the IEEE Education Society in the past two years?


Yes 21 4.8%

No, there is no local chapter. 142 32.8%

No, and I do not know if there is a local chapter

216 49.9%

No, I know a local chapter exists, but I do not attend

54 12.5%

Volunteering

Before you read the above, how familiar were you with the different ways to volunteer for IEEE Education Society? (Please check one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Not at all familiar

Somewhat not familiar

Somewhat familiar

Very familiar

Volunteers lead the IEEE Education Society at many levels and in many ways - including, among others,

· Top-level leadership on the Executive Committee of the Society

· Serving on local committees (for example, Chapter officers)

· Serving on international committees

· Editing or reviewing articles

· Participating in standards development or balloting

· Organizing conferences

Before you read the above, how familiar were you with the different ways to volunteer for IEEE Education Society? (Please check one.)


Very familiar 57 13.2%

Somewhat familiar 135 31.3%

Somewhat not familiar 75 17.4%

Not at all familiar 165 38.2%

Do you currently volunteer for IEEE Education Society?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I have notserved as avolunteer

No, but I have inthe past

Yes, I currentlyserve as avolunteer

Do you currently volunteer for IEEE Education Society?


Yes, I currently serve as a volunteer 42 9.7%

No, but I have in the past 39 9.0%

No, I have not served as a volunteer 351 81.3%

Overall, how satisfied are you with your current volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently volunteer.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%


4

3

2

Highly satisfied 1

Overall, how satisfied are you with your current volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently volunteer.)


Highly satisfied 1 14 33.3%

2 10 23.8%

3 15 35.7%

4 2 4.8%

Highly dissatisfied 5 1 2.4%

Overall how satisfied were you with your volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently do not volunteer but they did in the past.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%


4

3

2

Highly satisfied 1

Overall how satisfied were you with your volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently do not volunteer but they did in the past.)


Highly satisfied 1 12 31.6%

2 17 44.7%

3 8 21.1%

4 0 0.0%

Highly dissatisfied 5 1 2.6%

Demographics

Years of Professional Experience

Average = 22.9 Median = 22 Mode = 20 Range = 2 to 51

What is your age?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Decline to answer

Over 70

61 to 70

51 to 60

41 to 50

31 to 40

30 or under

What is your age?


30 or under 13 3.0%

31 to 40 83 19.2%

41 to 50 146 33.7%

51 to 60 125 28.9%

61 to 70 61 14.1%

Over 70 3 0.7%

Decline to answer 2 0.5%

Identify the highest educational degree you hold. (Choose one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Doctorate

Masters/graduate/professional

Baccalaureate

Vocational/technical degree

Some college

Identify the highest educational degree you hold. (Choose one.)


Some college 1 0.2%

Vocational/technical degree/certification (less than a baccalaureate degree)

2 0.5%

Baccalaureate or equivalent 22 5.1%

Masters/graduate/professional degree 109 25.2%

Doctorate or equivalent 284 65.7%


Indicate all of the fields in which you hold a degree. (Choose all that apply.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Medicine

Materials science/ engineering

Mechanical engineering

Industrial engineering

Business or Finance

Systems engineering

Mathematics

Physics

Computer science/ engineering

Electrical or electronics engineering

Indicate all of the fields in which you hold a degree. (Choose all that apply.)

Choice Count Percent of Sample

Electrical or electronics engineering 339 77.8%

Mechanical engineering 13 3.0%

Materials science/engineering 4 0.9%

Computer science/engineering 75 17.2%

Mathematics 24 5.5%

Physics 49 11.2%

Industrial engineering 14 3.2%

Systems engineering 24 5.5%

Business or Finance 15 3.4%

Medicine 1 0.2%


Identify the category that best describes your current employer type. (Choose one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Full-time student

Unemployed

Retired

Self-employed/ consulting

Nonprofit institution

Educational institution

Public/government

Private industry

Identify the category that best describes your current employer type. (Choose one.)


Private industry 31 7.2%

Public/government 10 2.3%

Educational institution (private or public) 364 84.7%

Nonprofit institution (non educational) 2 0.5%

Self-employed/consulting 11 2.6%

Retired 5 1.2%

Unemployed 3 0.7%

Full-time student 0 0.0%


Please indicate your IEEE Grade. (Please note that Life membership is a status of membership but not a grade.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Student

Associate

Member

Senior Member

Fellow

Please indicate your IEEE Grade. (Please note that Life membership is a status of membership but not a grade.)


Student 0 0.0%

Associate 23 5.3%

Member 291 67.4%

Senior Member 87 20.1%

Fellow 31 7.2%

Please indicate your IEEE Region.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Regions 1 to 6(United States)

Region 7 (Canada)

Region 8 (Europe,Middle East, Africa)

Region 9 (LatinAmerica)

Region 10 (Asiaand Pacific)

Please indicate your IEEE Region.


Regions 1 to 6 (United States) 183 42.5%

Region 7 (Canada) 18 4.2%

Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa) 129 29.9%

Region 9 (Latin America) 43 10.0%

Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 58 13.5%

Including your membership in IEEE Education Society, how many IEEE Societies do you currently belong to?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

5 or more

4

3

2

1, just Education Society

Including your membership in IEEE Education Society, how many IEEE Societies do you currently belong to?


1, just IEEE Education Society 57 13.3%

2 153 35.6%

3 131 30.5%

4 60 14.0%

5 or more 29 6.7%

Do you consider IEEE Education Society to be your primary IEEE Society?

(Asked only of those who indicated they belonged to more than one IEEE Society.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, anotherIEEE Society is

my primarySociety

Yes, EducationSociety is my

primary Society

Do you consider IEEE Education Society to be your primary IEEE Society?

(Asked only of those who indicated they belonged to more than one IEEE Society.)


Yes, IEEE Education Society is my primary Society

77 20.5%

No, another IEEE Society is my primary Society

299 79.5%

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