Determinants of the Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in Statistics Bachelor's Degree Program: A Study in an Arabic Setting

Autor/in	Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman
Titel	Determinants of the Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in Statistics Bachelor's Degree Program: A Study in an Arabic Setting
Quelle	In: Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 27 (2019) 1, S.13-23 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-4883
DOI	10.1108/QAE-12-2016-0087
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Statistics; Undergraduate Students; Generalization; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Student Characteristics; High Schools; Majors (Students); Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Grade Point Average; United Arab Emirates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Statistik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; High school; Oberschule; Ausland; Korrelation; Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Abstract	Purpose: The present study aims to investigate the effects of a number of demographic and academic factors, such as gender, age, nationality (Emirati vs non-Emirati), high school major (arts vs science) and high school score, on the academic performance -- measured by overall grade point average -- of undergraduate students majoring in statistics at United Arab Emirates University. Design/methodology/approach: This study includes 188 undergraduate statistics students (142 female and 46 male) for the academic years 2012-2013 to 2015-2016. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. Findings: The results indicate that gender, age and nationality have no significant impacts on the academic performance of undergraduate students in statistics bachelor's degree program, while high school major and high school score do. Research limitations/implications: This study had several limitations. First, only students of one university were included in this study, which would have limited the generalizability of the results. Second, the study focused on the impact of a limited number of factors on academic performance of undergraduate statistics students. But, the study has a number of implications for students, educators and university policy-makers. Originality/value: The present study is the first attempt to explore the factors that might affect the academic performance of undergraduate students in statistics bachelor's degree program in an Arabic setting. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01