The Omitted Variable in Accounting Education Research: The Non-Traditional Student

Autor/in	Mohrweis, Lawrence C.
Titel	The Omitted Variable in Accounting Education Research: The Non-Traditional Student
Quelle	In: American Journal of Business Education, 3 (2010) 11, S.1-6 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1942-2504
Schlagwörter	Accounting; Educational Research; Control Groups; Nontraditional Students; Age; Grade Point Average; Gender Differences; Quasiexperimental Design; Regression (Statistics); Business Administration Education; Scheduling; Models; Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Alter; Lebensalter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Disposition; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Few studies have examined the empirical question of whether nontraditional students are different from traditional students in learning performance. This study explores this issue. Specifically, is there a performance difference between traditional and nontraditional students in the first course in accounting? The model regressed students' performance (dependent variable) as a function of age (independent variable) along with three controlling attributes: grade point average, gender, and the frequency of class meeting times. The results indicate that nontraditional students performed better than traditional students. This finding has important implications for business education researchers. Educators often engage in quasi-experimental research studies where conclusions are drawn regarding the learning performance of "treatment" versus "control" groups. Researchers should control for the nontraditional variable in their work. (As Provided).
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