Accounting and Finance Majors Outperform Other Majors on the Major Field Test in Business and the Comprehensive Business Exam: An Analysis of Exam Performance Drivers

Autor/inn/en	Fairchild, Chris; Hahn, William
Titel	Accounting and Finance Majors Outperform Other Majors on the Major Field Test in Business and the Comprehensive Business Exam: An Analysis of Exam Performance Drivers
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Business, 95 (2020) 6, S.345-350 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0883-2323
DOI	10.1080/08832323.2019.1653249
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Accounting; Performance Factors; Business Administration Education; Scores; Economics Education; Achievement Tests; College Outcomes Assessment; Undergraduate Students; Marketing; Grade Point Average; College Entrance Examinations; Course Content; Core Curriculum; Church Related Colleges; Major Field Achievement Test in Business; ACT Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Leistungsindikator; Wirtschaftskunde; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Aufnahmeprüfung; Kursprogramm; Kerncurriculum; Kirchliche Hochschule; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	While studies have found that both accounting and finance majors outperform other majors on the Major Field Test in Business (MFTB) and the Comprehensive Business Exam (CBE), research has not identified the drivers of this performance advantage. The authors examined multiyear MFTB and CBE scores and identified both business core course composition and student capability as key drivers of scores on each of these exams. Our results provide empirical evidence that accounting majors enjoy a 10.2-point score advantage on the MFTB and a 7.5-point score advantage on the CBE related to additional exposure to accounting, finance, and economics concepts in upper-level accounting and finance courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01