Should Calculus Be a Pre-Requisite for Business Statistics? A Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Nietfeld, Carla; Setzler, Hubert; Rajagopalan, Hari K.
Titel	Should Calculus Be a Pre-Requisite for Business Statistics? A Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education Journal, 41 (2022), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Business Education; Statistics; Undergraduate Study; Prerequisites; Calculus; Academic Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Educational Change; Curriculum Development; Mathematics Instruction; Required Courses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftserziehung; Wirtschaftspädagogik; Statistik; Grundstudium; Voraussetzung; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Schulleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Bildungsreform; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Pflichtkurs
Abstract	Business Statistics is a required course for undergraduate business majors and presents significant challenges for students with weak quantitative and critical thinking skills. This paper shows that changing the pre-requisite for the Business Statistics course from Business Calculus to Probability and Statistics makes a significant positive impact, despite the increase in course content, on student performance for business students at a comprehensive regional university in the southeast. It is recommended business schools that experience difficulties with students successfully completing business statistics to carefully consider curriculum changes, particularly the chosen pre-requisite courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01