Descriptive Statistics for Optimal Class Sizes for Online Courses According to Respondents to the Class Size and Interaction Questionnaire (N = 131)
| Category | OCS | OCSL5 | n | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min. | Max. | M | SD | Min. | Max. | M | SD | ||
| Interactive Level of Online Courses | |||||||||
| Low | 15 | 25 | 20.0 | 7.1 | 6 | 15 | 10.5 | 6.4 | 2 |
| Moderate | 10 | 80 | 21.1 | 15.9 | 5 | 40 | 15.6 | 6.2 | 43 |
| High | 7 | 50 | 17.7 | 7.6 | 6 | 50 | 16.1 | 6.9 | 86 |
| Carnegie Classification of Institution | |||||||||
| Doctoral | 7 | 80 | 19.4 | 10.1 | 5 | 50 | 16.4 | 6.9 | 90 |
| Master’s | 8 | 40 | 18.2 | 6.3 | 8 | 40 | 15.1 | 6.6 | 29 |
| Other | 8 | 35 | 16.2 | 6.8 | 8 | 35 | 13.5 | 3.9 | 12 |
| Academic Level of Online Courses | |||||||||
| Bachelor’s | 10 | 80 | 25.3 | 12.6 | 5 | 40 | 19.3 | 8.4 | 38 |
| Master’s | 7 | 50 | 17.0 | 5.7 | 7 | 50 | 14.8 | 5.8 | 70 |
| Doctoral | 7 | 20 | 14.0 | 3.4 | 8 | 20 | 13.5 | 2.8 | 23 |
| Type of Institution | |||||||||
| Public | 7 | 80 | 20.2 | 10.1 | 5 | 50 | 16.6 | 7.4 | 94 |
| Private F-profit | 10 | 25 | 15.9 | 4.5 | 100 | 20 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 10 |
| Private N-profit | 8 | 25 | 15.5 | 4.1 | 8 | 20 | 13.9 | 3.4 | 24 |
| Other | 10 | 20 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 8 | 20 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 3 |
| Interactive Level of Online Courses | |||||||||
| Low | 15 | 25 | 20.0 | 7.1 | 6 | 15 | 10.5 | 6.4 | 2 |
| Moderate | 10 | 80 | 21.1 | 15.9 | 5 | 40 | 15.6 | 6.2 | 43 |
| High | 7 | 50 | 17.7 | 7.6 | 6 | 50 | 16.1 | 6.9 | 86 |
| Carnegie Classification of Institution | |||||||||
| Doctoral | 7 | 80 | 19.4 | 10.1 | 5 | 50 | 16.4 | 6.9 | 90 |
| Master’s | 8 | 40 | 18.2 | 6.3 | 8 | 40 | 15.1 | 6.6 | 29 |
| Other | 8 | 35 | 16.2 | 6.8 | 8 | 35 | 13.5 | 3.9 | 12 |
| Academic Level of Online Courses | |||||||||
| Bachelor’s | 10 | 80 | 25.3 | 12.6 | 5 | 40 | 19.3 | 8.4 | 38 |
| Master’s | 7 | 50 | 17.0 | 5.7 | 7 | 50 | 14.8 | 5.8 | 70 |
| Doctoral | 7 | 20 | 14.0 | 3.4 | 8 | 20 | 13.5 | 2.8 | 23 |
| Type of Institution | |||||||||
| Public | 7 | 80 | 20.2 | 10.1 | 5 | 50 | 16.6 | 7.4 | 94 |
| Private F-profit | 10 | 25 | 15.9 | 4.5 | 100 | 20 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 10 |
| Private N-profit | 8 | 25 | 15.5 | 4.1 | 8 | 20 | 13.9 | 3.4 | 24 |
| Other | 10 | 20 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 8 | 20 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 3 |
Note: OCS = Perceived optimal class size of online course according to its interactive qualities, OCSL5 = Perceived optimal class size of online course if it had the highest level of interactive qualities in the questionnaire, Min = Smallest score reported, Max = Largest score reported, M = Average of scores, SD = Standard deviation of scores.