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JSM 2002 Abstract #301939
Activity Number: 112
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 12, 2002 : 12:00 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Business & Economics Statistics Section*
Abstract - #301939
Title: Student Attitudes About Graphs and Their Relation to Performance in Principles of Economics
Author(s): Elchanan Cohn*+ and Sharon Cohn and James Bradley, Jr. and Donald Balch
Affiliation(s): University of South Carolina and and University of South Carolina and University of South Carolina
Address: Moore School of Business, Columbia, SC, 20208, USA
Keywords: College success ; High-school and college GPA ; Acheivement ; Student Attributes
Abstract:

This study examines student attitudes about graphs used in the macro- and microeconomic sections of the one-semester Principles of Economics course at the University of South Carolina. In addition, we will investigate the relation between attitudes about graphs and student performance in the course, controlling for a variety of factors, such as SAT scores, high-school and college GPA, high-school class rank, and a number of other student characteristics (e.g., age, sex, race, college major, and term standing). Our sample includes data collected from more than 700 students during the past three years.

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