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Table 3.2 University and student characteristics included in multilevel model
   Variable
Overall Satisfaction (Dependent variable)
Learning Satisfaction (Dependent variable)
Living Satisfaction (Dependent variable)
Undergraduate enrolment17 (Independent variable)
Proportion undergraduate international students18 (Independent variable)
City size (in thousands)19 (Independent variable) Reputation Construct (Independent variable) Gender (Independent variable)
Female
Male
Stage of Study (Independent variable)
First/Single Year Other Year
Last Year
N Mean SD
12,236 3.19 0.66 11,711 3.12 0.63 11,087 3.11 0.66 12,236 13,820 4,811 12,236 0.19 0.09
12,236 817 2,022 11,652 0.00 0.00 12,236
7,094 3.23 .64 5,142 3.22 .68 12,236
5,415 3.26 .67 4,311 3.22 .62 2,510 3.17 .69
     of the total variance in the dataset. None of the other components had eigen values greater than 1, and all items loaded highly onto the one component (factor loadings: .644-.962). Bartlett Factor Scores were generated to capture overall university reputation and account for this in subsequent models (Table 3.3).
Table 3.3 Factor loadings and communalities based on a principal components analysis for seven variables related to reputation. Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. (N = 12,097)
  Variable
2017 Complete University Guide Ranking
2017 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
2017 Times Higher Education Ranking
Russell Group Membership
2017 Teaching Excellence Framework Rating
2014 Research Excellence Framework Power Ranking 2016-2017 Degree Completion Rate
Note: Factor loadings < .2 are suppressed.
Reputation Indicator .941
.910
.938
.798 .644 .962 .923
    A multilevel model was then used to estimate international student satisfaction, measured as a series of student self-rated outcomes indicated on the ISB. Six independent variables were included in the model. Random intercepts were included for both institution and
17  HESA data 2016-17 18  HESA data 2016-17 19  UK Census 2011
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