Factors influencing academic performance in Basic Business Statistics course at Polytechnic of Namibia

dc.contributor.authorPazvakawambwa, Lillian
dc.contributor.authorNgololo, Elizabeth Ndeukumwa
dc.contributor.authorDumeni, Efraim
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-28T09:04:10Z
dc.date.available2018-02-28T09:04:10Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe Polytechnic of Namibia offers the Basic Business Statistics course for all its undergraduate registered students for the Bachelor of Technology degrees in Business Administration, Public Administration ,Marketing, Human Resources Management and Economics programmes as part of their curriculum requirements, on full-time, part-time and distance education (open learning) basis. Academic performance in this course is generally poor, leaving a lot of students with the Basic Business Statistics Course outstanding even after their final year of study, thus delaying their graduation.This paper seeks to the determinants of the students' performance in this course by fitting a binary logistic regression based on the population of distance students who enrolled for the course in the first semester of 2012. The dependent variable is the performance or final result (Pass or Fail} for the Basic Business Statistics course. The independent variables include gender of student, Matric Score (Moths, English), home language, and degree programme.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPazvakawambwa, L., Ngololo, E., & Dumeni, E. (2013). Factors influencing academic performance in basic business statistics course at Polytechnic of Namibia. Namibia CPD Journal for Educators, 1(1), 43-59.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11070/2185
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectAcademic performanceen_US
dc.subjectBasic business statisticsen_US
dc.titleFactors influencing academic performance in Basic Business Statistics course at Polytechnic of Namibiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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