TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of the academic performance of undergraduate students in statistics bachelor’s degree program
T2 - A study in an Arabic setting
AU - Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2019/2/20
Y1 - 2019/2/20
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Academic performance
KW - Higher education
KW - Statistics majors
KW - United Arab Emirates
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U2 - 10.1108/QAE-12-2016-0087
DO - 10.1108/QAE-12-2016-0087
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061512858
SN - 0968-4883
VL - 27
SP - 13
EP - 23
JO - Quality Assurance in Education
JF - Quality Assurance in Education
IS - 1
ER -