Objective: To understand how the cost of textbook affects students decisions.

In addition, it is
our goal to come up with a solution to expensive textbooks.

Instructions: The questionnaire consists of 9 questions. Check the answer that applies to you.

Demographics:

1. What is your age?

o under 16 o 16 - 20 o 21-26
o 27 - 32 o 33 and over
2. What is your major?

o Science o Math o English

o Arts o History o Others
3. What is your GPA?

o below 1 o 1-2 o 2-3 o 3-4

4. What is your employment status? (circle all that apply)

o Full time student o Full time job o Parent

o Part time student o Part time job o Military
o Self-employed o Retired o Unable to work
5. What is your gender?
o Male o Female o Not listed / Other

Questions:

1. How often do you actually use (read) the textbook assigned for a class youre taking?

o Never used it
o Rarely (1 time a week)
o Average (at least 3 times a week)
o Often (at least 5 times a week)
o Everyday
2. Do you feel like TCC professors are considerate about the cost of the book for their class?

o Not considerate
o Slightly considerate
o Considerate
o Often considerate
o Very considerate

3. How does the price of a textbook affect the probability of you taking, dropping, or
failing a class?

o Unaffected
o Slightly affected
o Affected
o Often affected
o Vey affected

4. How does textbook affect the probability of you passing your class?

o Unaffected
o Slightly affected
o Affected
o Often affected
o Vey affected

5. If textbooks were cheaper, how do you think it would affect people attending college?
(Positive = more people attending college, negative = less people attending college)

o Negative effect
o Slightly negative effect
o No effect at all
o Slightly positive effect
o Positive effect
6. How Interested are you in borrowing a textbook instead of buying one?

o Not interested
o Slightly interested
o Interested
o Very interested

7. If you can borrow a textbook with no cost, what is the likelihood of you buying it or
borrowing/renting it?

o Definitely Borrow / rent

o Probably borrow / rent
o Undecided
o Probably buy
o Definitely buy

8. If you can lend your textbook in exchange of borrowing one, would you rather lend it or
sell it?

o Definitely sell textbook

o Might sell textbook
o Undecided
o Might borrow textbook
o Definitely borrow textbook

9. Based on your efficiency (absorbing information) in using a type of textbook, which

would you be more interested in using?

o E-text
o Physical textbook
o Both equally efficient
o Both equally inefficient / undecided