Table 4. Association of students’ satisfaction with their characteristics and their communication with their advisors.

*: significant at p < 0.05; GPA: grade point average; $+: significantly higher frequency than expected by chance; $-: significantly lower frequency than expected by chance.

Variables		Overall satisfaction				All students		Statistical tests
		Unsatisfied (score <10)		Satisfied (score ≥10)				χ2	P-value
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Batch	38	37	17.1	45	17.2	87	17.3	4.995	0.417
	39	38	17.5	55	21.1	93	18.5
	40	38	17.5	38	14.6	81	16.1
	41	47	21.7	41	15.7	91	18.1
	42	29	13.4	45	17.2	82	16.3
	43	28	12.9	37	14.2	68	13.5
Sex	Female	124	57.1	159	60.9	295	58.8	0.700	0.403
	Male	93	42.9	102	39.1	207	41.2
GPA	Less than 2	12	5.5	7	2.7	20	4.0	2.760	0.252
	2–3	65	30.0	72	27.6	147	29.3
	More than 3	138	63.6	174	66.7	325	64.7
Do you know your academic advisor?	Yes	194	89.4 $-	257	98.5 $+	474	94.4	18.275	<0.001*
	No	23	10.6 $+	4	1.5 $-	28	5.6
Do you believe that academic advising is important?	Strongly agree	94	43.3	117	44.8	223	44.4	32.781	<0.001*
	Agree	96	44.2	140	53.6	248	49.4
	Disagree	25	11.5 $+	1	0.4 $-	26	5.2
	Strongly disagree	2	0.9	3	1.1	5	1.0
Do you communicate with your academic advisor?	Yes, usually	8	3.7 $-	33	12.6 $+	42	8.4	73.221	<0.001*
	Yes	64	29.5 $-	105	40.2 $+	178	35.5
	Yes, but rarely	63	29.0 $-	105	40.2 $+	176	35.1
	No	82	37.8 $+	18	6.9 $-	106	21.1
How do you communicate with him?	Individually	123	56.7 $+	124	47.5 $-	258	51.4	5.440	0.020*
	As a group	19	8.8	29	11.1	48	9.6	0.567	0.452
	Social media	77	35.5 $-	128	49.0 $+	218	43.4	7.479	0.006*
Do you inform him of your results?	Yes, usually	64	29.5	94	36.0	166	33.1	63.278	<0.001*
	Sometimes	58	26.7 $-	136	52.1 $+	203	40.4
	No	92	42.4 $+	31	11.9 $-	129	25.7
If you answered yes in Q11, does he benefit you?	Strongly agree	4	3.4 $-	38	16.7 $+	43	11.8	100.166	<0.001*
	Agree	38	31.9 $-	157	68.9 $+	205	56.3
	Disagree	53	44.5 $+	31	13.6 $-	90	24.7
	Strongly disagree	24	20.2 $+	2	0.9 $-	26	7.1