Abstract
![CDATA[This paper investigates the relative importance of a wide range of variables on student performance in a first year introductory economics (IE) subject. The multi-year data set used provides detailed demographic and performance characteristics of 2186 students enrolled in a major multi-campus university. We find that higher levels of mathematics and economics taken prior to university are significantly associated with improved student performance using ordinary least square and quantile regression method. Students who had studied another quantitative subject in the university prior to taking introductory economics also performed significantly better.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Frontiers in Economics Teaching: Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Teaching Economics Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, 28-29 June 2010 |
Publisher | University of Waikato |
Pages | 25-38 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780473173319 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Event | Australasian Teaching Economics Conference - Duration: 30 Jun 2011 → … |
Conference
Conference | Australasian Teaching Economics Conference |
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Period | 30/06/11 → … |