Professional Statistical Training in Agricultural Science Survey Results

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The University of Adelaide Biometry Hub, based in the School of Agriculture Food and Wine and funded by the GRDC Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI) investment, provides statistical training workshops for researchers working in agronomic and plant sciences. The goal of these workshops (referred to internally as W0 to W3) is to educate these researchers in best practice statistical methodology for use in the design and analysis of agronomic comparative experiments, and promote consistency in statistical analyses across the industry.

To assess the benefits for workshop participants, we implemented a self-confidence survey. The survey consisted of questions aligned with the key outcomes of each workshop. Administered both before and after each session, the pre- and post-surveys shared questions related to participants' confidence in their ability to meet the workshop's key learning objectives. Respondents used a seven-point Likert scale, ranging from 'not confident' (shown as 1 in the data) to 'very confident' (7), to express their agreement or disagreement with the questions. The purpose of conducting surveys before and immediately after the workshop was to track the shift in participants' self-efficacy. Participants self-created unique, anonymised identifiers based on personal characteristics to enable confidential linking of the pre- and post-survey responses.

Data fields:
ID: User created ID
Q1 to Q12: Numerical user response to questions.