The term “subpopulations” is used frequently in the analysis and refers to the four groups that were given some unique questions in addition to the common set of questions that everyone received.
This term has been defined
operationally to describe the level of the program the alumni completed at CSUDH.
The three categories are undergraduate alumni, graduate alumni, and “credential
only” alumni. This last group consists of those that finished a credential
program without concurrently enrolling in a major leading to a degree. Most
of these alumni would have already earned an undergraduate degree, but some
may have earned a master’s degree prior to pursuing their credential.