In a pilot survey focusing on assessing students' preferences for universities, thirty (30) respondents were asked to indicate the importance of the criteria of job prospects, quality of teaching, location benefits, and reputation, using a 7-point scale (where 1=not at all important and 7=very important). Results of the pilot survey are presented below:

Group Statistics Type of student N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean Job prospects Domestic 15 5.40 .632 163 International 15 4.40 1.682 434 Quality of teaching Domestic 15 4.80 676 175 International 15 3.93 1.163 300 Location benefits Domestic 15 5.00 .756 195 International 15 4.93 704 182 Reputation Domestic 15 4.00 845 218 International 15 4.93 704 182 Independent Samples Test Levene's Test for Equality of Variances t-test for Equality of Means 95% Confidence Interval of the Significance Mean Std. Error Difference F Sig df One-Sided p Two-Sided p Difference Difference Lower Upper Job prospects Equal variances assumed 7.865 009 2.155 28 020 040 1.000 464 .050 1.950 Equal variances not 2.155 17.882 023 045 1.000 464 025 1.975 assumed Quality of teaching Equal variances assumed 2.670 113 2.495 28 .009 019 867 347 155 1.578 Equal variances not 2.495 22.494 010 020 867 .347 147 1.586 assumed Location benefits Equal variances assumed 038 846 250 28 402 804 067 267 -.480 613 Equal variances not 250 27.858 402 804 067 .267 -.480 613 assumed Reputation Equal variances assumed 030 864 -3.287 28 001 003 -.933 284 -1.515 -.352 Equal variances not -3.287 27.111 .001 003 -.933 .284 -1.516 -.351 assumed