Predicting Final Student Performance in a Graduate Business Program: The MBA

Autor/inn/en	Truell, Allen D.; Zhao, Jensen J.; Alexander, Melody W.; Hill, Inga B.
Titel	Predicting Final Student Performance in a Graduate Business Program: The MBA
Quelle	In: Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 48 (2006) 3, S.144-152 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-8052
Schlagwörter	Grade Point Average; Masters Programs; Program Effectiveness; Prediction; Business Administration Education; Scores; Masters Degrees; Gender Differences; Majors (Students); Predictor Variables; Age Differences; Graduate Management Admission Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Vorhersage; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	The twofold purpose of this study was (a) to determine if selected variables were significant predictors of final MBA student program performance and (b) to determine if selected variables explained a significant proportion of the variance in final MBA student program performance at an AACSB-accredited university. Variables examined include age at program admittance, class location (i.e., off/on-campus), gender, GMAT score-quantitative, GMAT score-total, GMAT score-verbal, program entrance (i.e., direct/not direct from undergraduate program), student status (i.e., full/part-time), undergraduate GPA, and undergraduate major (i. e., business/non-business). Findings revealed that GMAT score-quantitative, program entrance, and undergraduate GPA were significant predictor and explanatory variables of final MBA student program performance at an AACSB-accredited university where the study was conducted. Slightly more than 13% of the variance in final MBA student program performance was explained by these three variables. Implications for MBA program administrators are presented. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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