Analysis of the inter-relationship between students’ first year results and their final graduating grades

Oguntunde, P.E. and Okagbue, H. I. and Oguntunde, Omoleye A. and Opanuga, A. A. and Oluwatunde, Sola J. (2018) Analysis of the inter-relationship between students’ first year results and their final graduating grades. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 5 (10). pp. 1-6.

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Abstract

There is a tendency for students to lose focus in tertiary institutions because of change in environment and peer pressure (among several others); hence, a need to monitor and study the trend of students’ performance in the tertiary institution. This article, therefore, seeks to know the correlation between the first year results and in particular, the final graduating grade of students in a leading Nigerian University. Test of normality was performed for the final graduating results and multiple linear regression models were fitted to the data; this enables us to predict what a student can graduate with having known a previous result (or first year result). All the analyses were performed using Minitab software. The result established that there are strong linear relationships between the GPAs as a student progresses in his/her academic journey.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Academic performance Students University Multiple linear regressions
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Mathematics Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2018 13:51
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2018 13:51
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/11856

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