Vice-Chancellor gives survey effort an ‘F’
University of Wollongong (UOW) Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings CBE has described National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) surveys of UOW staff on the impacts of workplace change and on senior leadership at the University as “bad social science”.
“These surveys are flawed by design, method, and analysis,” Professor Wellings said.
“The surveys have not been audited or independently verified. They lack approval by any ethics committee.
“The surveys are very good examples of bad social science. They are push polls. They score an ‘F’.
“Many universities have excellent expertise in surveys. The NTEU should have done a much better job. No qualified academic team would put their name to this work.”
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