scholarly journals Educational quality and dropout risk: a causal analysis of the university dropout phenomenon

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Pedraza-Navarro ◽  
Teresa González-Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Drop Out ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
University Access ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
University Dropout ◽  
Family Variables ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University

University dropout is one of the main problems of the Spanish university system due to its high rates. The latest report issued by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN, 2020) shows that more than 30% of students drop out of an undergraduate degree program. In order to explore the phenomenon, in line with the scientific literature, we have focused on identifying personal and family variables associated with university dropout. Using an ex post facto, quantitative, descriptive and causal design methodology, we observed significant relationships between the dependent variable “completion of university degree” and the independent variables “age”, “marital status” and “number of siblings”. In agreement with other researches (Belloc et al, 2010; Diaz Peralta, 2008; Lizarte Simon, 2017) we conclude that university dropout is a multicausal phenomenon that needs to be fully understood. This will allow to maximize the use of resources allocated to higher education and optimize university access, permanence and quality policies.

Customer Satisfaction with Massage Service (Sport Personnel and General)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Iskandar ◽  
Y. Tovan Juni Samudro ◽  
Uray Gustian
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Statistical Analysis

The problem in this study is how the level of customer service satisfaction for massage for sports / general practitioners. This study aims to see the level of customer satisfaction with massage services (sports and general practitioners) with variables 1. Reliability (reliability), 2. Responsiveness (responsiveness), 3. Assurance (assurance), 4. Empathy (empathy), 5. direct evidence (tangibles). Ex post facto quantitative descriptive research design for customers who had received massage services from October 2020 to February 2021. The instrument is in the form of a questionnaire in descriptive statistical analysis. The results of the research data concluded that the level of customer satisfaction in the very satisfied category was 91% and 7% satisfied.

scholarly journals Predicting time to graduation at a large enrollment American university

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. e0242334
Author(s):  
John M. Aiken ◽  
Riccardo De Bin ◽  
Morten Hjorth-Jensen ◽  
Marcos D. Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Predictive Performance ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Likelihood Method ◽  
American University ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
High School Gpa ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
Time To Graduation

The time it takes a student to graduate with a university degree is mitigated by a variety of factors such as their background, the academic performance at university, and their integration into the social communities of the university they attend. Different universities have different populations, student services, instruction styles, and degree programs, however, they all collect institutional data. This study presents data for 160,933 students attending a large American research university. The data includes performance, enrollment, demographics, and preparation features. Discrete time hazard models for the time-to-graduation are presented in the context of Tinto’s Theory of Drop Out. Additionally, a novel machine learning method: gradient boosted trees, is applied and compared to the typical maximum likelihood method. We demonstrate that enrollment factors (such as changing a major) lead to greater increases in model predictive performance of when a student graduates than performance factors (such as grades) or preparation (such as high school GPA).

scholarly journals Levels of Employability Skills and Organisational Citizenship Behaviourof University Secretarial Staff In South-West, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Adeyemi Muyiwa ◽  
Margaret Moronke Dosunmu ◽  
Abolaji Olugbenga Bukki
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
South West ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

The skills and competencies exhibited by the secretarial staff in a University setting show how vast is such secretary in the art of delivery of his/her services.  A secretarial staff has been considered to be the brain box of any organisation.  They are incharge of all information emanating and disseminating from the establishment; as such the role of the secretarial staff as the custodian of information in the university cannot be over-emphasized.  The aim of the study was to determine the levels of the University secretarial staff employability skills and organizational citizenship behaviour in South-West, Nigeria.  The study adopted a descriptive research design of ex-post facto type. Two research questions were raised. The sample for the study consisted of 1,209 secretarial staff in 36 universities in South-West, Nigeria selected through stratified random sampling technique.  Three instruments were used for data collection, namely: Demographic Data Form, Graduate Employability Scale (GESS), ‘r’=0.86; Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale (OCBS), ‘r’=0.96. Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) were used to analyse the data at 0.05 level of significance.  The results revealed that the University secretarial staff generally possessed a high level of employability skills (50.5%) and organizational citizenship behaviour (50.8%).It was concluded that the secretarial staff generally possessed the employability skills and organisational citizenship behaviour which are needed to perform optimally in their duties. The study recommended, among others, that the secretarial staff should endeavour to seek for more knowledge to equip them with relevant employability skills that will make them to be assets to the organization. The University secretarial staff should be exposed to regular training programmes with an emphasis on how to enhance their employability skills and further improve their knowledge. Also, there is need to compensate any secretarial staff who displays the traits of organizational citizenship behavior.This will serve as motivation for other secretarial staff.

scholarly journals Inteligencia emocional y rendimiento académico en alumnos de educación secundaria obligatoria

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Broc Cavero
Keyword(s):  
Prediction Equation ◽  
Variable Number ◽  
Final Conclusion ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Emotional Quotient Inventory ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
High Level ◽  
Interpersonal Factor ◽  
The University

RESUMENEste trabajo pretendió utilizar el Inventario de Cociente Emocional en su versión para adolescentes EQ-i:YV, de Bar-On adaptado a la población española por investigadores de la universidad de Murcia en 2012, a una muestra de 345 alumnos de educación secundaria obligatoria (ESO) en un centro público de Zaragoza, con un alto nivel de inmigración y diversidad. Mediante un diseño correlacional “ex post facto”, se analizó la influencia que variables independientes ejercían sobre la variable dependiente número de suspensos. Igualmente se llevaron a cabo análisis de varianza y otros análisis mediante el programa SPSS versión 22 y Lisrel 8.51, encontrando que los datos son similares a los obtenidos en el trabajo original, que los varones aventajan a las mujeres en el factor estado de ánimo y adaptabilidad y que éstas aventajan a aquellos en el factor interpersonal y en rendimiento académico. Los análisis de regresión muestran que solamente los factores Interpersonal y Manejo del estrés entran en la ecuación de predicción, con correlaciones positivas pero bajas que explican poca cantidad de varianza, y que casi no hay diferencias en los factores en los cuatro cursos de la etapa, sugiriéndose una conceptualización más cercana a la teoría de los rasgos, o una interpretación más laxa en cuanto al desarrollo emocional se refiere. La conclusión final es que este constructo tal vez haya sido algo sobredimensionado y no tenga tanta relevancia en el rendimiento académico como han pretendido algunos autores.ABSTRACTThis work aimed to use the Bar-On EQ-i:YV Emotional Quotient Inventory: Young Versión, adapted to the Spanish population by researchers of the University of Murcia in 2012, to a sample of 345 students of Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE) in a public center in Zaragoza, with a high level of immigration and diversity. Through an "ex post facto" correlation design, we analyzed the influence that independent variables exerted on the dependent variable number of suspended subjects. Likewise, variance analysis, among others were carried out using the SPSS version 22 and Lisrel 8.51 program, finding that the data are similar to those obtained in the original study, that men outperform women in the factor of mood and adaptability, and that these outweigh those in the interpersonal factor and in academic achievement. Regression analysis show that only the Interpersonal and Stress Management factors enter into the prediction equation, with positive but low correlations that explain little amount of variance, and that there are almost no differences in the factors in the four courses of the this educational stage, suggesting a conceptualization closer to the theory of traits, or a more lax interpretation in terms of emotional development. The final conclusion is that this construct may have been somewhat oversized and does not have as much relevance in academic performance as some authors have claimed.

scholarly journals The Effect of Work Expectations and Family Environment on Interest in Continuing Postgraduate Studies (S2) in Economics Education Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Suharmi Suharmi ◽  
Hilyati Milla ◽  
Bahrin Bahrin
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
Economics Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
The University

Someone who continues his studies is something that needs to be done in achieving his goals. A person in continuing his studies at a higher level is influenced by various factors including work expectations and the environment. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to determine the effect of work expectations and family environment on the interest in continuing postgraduate education (S2) in economic education students. The methodology of this research is ex-post facto with a quantitative approach. Respondents in this research were students of economic education at the University of Muhammadiyah Bengkulu (UMB) class of 2016 which amounted to 60 students who were taken with a total sampling technique. Methods of data analysis using multiple regression. The results of the research are as follows: 1). Work expectations have a positive and significant effect on interest in continuing postgraduate education (S2), 2). Family environment has a positive and significant effect on interest in continuing postgraduate education (S2), and 3). Work expectations and family environment together affect the interest in continuing postgraduate education (S2) by 30.60% and 69.40% influenced by variables outside this research.

Pengaruh Pemanfaatan Sumber Belajar Online Terhadap Hasil Belajar Mahasiswa Prodi Pendidikan Ekonomi FKIP Universitas Jambi

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif Liputo
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Resource Utilization ◽  
Free Variable ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Learning Resource ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Education Status ◽  
Online Learning Resources ◽  
The University

This research aims to look at how great online learning resource utilization on students at the Faculty of Economics Education status of teacher training and educational sciences of the University of Jambi. This research method using ex-post facto research, namely the investigation of empirically, and not in control of the free variable (X1) directly. For learning outcome or variable (Y) is the result of student learning at the end of the even semester (June 2017) on the 2016 host students. While the population in this research is of 121 students. While the sample is taken by 30% of the population that is of 36 students. The results showed that online learning resource utilization is less good (44.45%) of students who use or take advantage of online learning resources. While others still use print learning resources and other learning resources.

scholarly journals School Administrators Strategies for Combating Corruption in Universities in Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asiyai, Romina Ifeoma
Keyword(s):  
School Administrators ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
University Education ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
University System ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Fear Of God ◽  
The University

<p>The purpose of this study was to examine corruption in universities with the aim of finding out the types/forms, causes, effects and measures for combating the menace. Four research questions guided the investigation. The study is a survey research, ex-post facto in nature. A sample of 780 comprising of students, academic staff and administrative staff was selected through random sampling technique from six public universities in Nigeria. Data collected through the questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that the types of corruption prevalent in universities are examination related, admission related, finance related, accreditation related and sexual related. Each of these types of corruption has different forms of manifestations. The causes of corruption in universities included greed, lack of fear of God, and the desire to get rich quick. The effects of corruption and measures for combating it were identified. The study concluded by recommending among others that all stake holders in university education should have a moral reorientation and begin to reverence God by fearing him to help sanitize the universities and create a corruption free learning environment in the university system.</p>

scholarly journals Influence of Smartphone Use on Emotional, Cognitive and Educational Dimensions in University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6646
Author(s):  
Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez ◽  
José Miguel Giménez Lozano ◽  
Pablo Linares Mingorance ◽  
José Manuel Pérez-Mármol
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
University Students ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
The University ◽  
University Settings ◽  
Educational Variables

The use of mobile devices is one of the increasingly interactive methodologies widely promoted within the European Higher Education Area. It is, therefore, necessary to determine the potential effects of their excessive use on psychological and educational variables. The aim of the present study was to assess smartphone addiction and its relationship with emotional, cognitive, and educational dimensions in university students. Participants comprised 144 university students aged between 19 and 27 years old and studying psychology and education at the University of Granada. Various tests were administered to assess variables grouped into the following dimensions: smartphone addiction (TDM), general intelligence (Wonderlic), emotional intelligence (TMMS-24), motivation (Mape-3), creativity (CREA test), and attitudes toward competencies. An ex post facto design was employed. Direct associations were observed between addiction symptoms caused by smartphone use (withdrawal, tolerance, excessive use, and problems caused by the same) and the variables of extrinsic motivation (fear and avoidance of the task) and intrinsic motivation (motivation toward the task). The results also indicated direct relationships between the problems caused by excessive smartphone use and anxiety and extrinsic motivation toward learning. An inverse relationship was observed between smartphone addiction and the emotional intelligence dimension of clarity of feelings. The anxiety provoked by excessive smartphone use was related to the tolerance generated by such use and to cultural and artistic competencies. The data obtained thus shed light on the effect of smartphone use on emotional, cognitive, and educational dimensions in university settings.

scholarly journals The Influence of Principal’s Leadership and Teacher’s Performance on Student’ Achievement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bukman Lian
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

This study aimed at determining the effect of school principal’s leadership and teacher’s performance together on student’s achievement. This research is quantitative using ex post facto. The sample in this study was all teachers in SD Negeri Rayon 2, Pulau Rimau, which consisted of 67 teachers. Data were collected using questionnaire. Data were analysed using quantitative descriptive analysis and multiple regression. The results of this study stated that 1) there was significant influence of principal’s leadership on the student’s achievement; 2) there is significant influence of teacher’s performance on the student’s achievement; 3) there is significant influence jointly between the principal’s leadership and the teacher’s performance on the student’s achievement.

scholarly journals The influence of achievement motivation on learning achievement of Introduction to Accounting course

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Reyna Karlina ◽  
Yon Rizal ◽  
Pujiati Pujiati ◽  
Albet Maydiantoro
Keyword(s):  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
T Test ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Method

This study aims to determine the influence of achievement motivation variable on learning achievement in Introduction to Accounting course of Economic Education students at the University of Lampung. The study employed a descriptive method using an ex-post facto approach and a survey with a population of 170. The research sample was determined through a purposive sampling with a total of 119 respondents. The data collected through a questionnaire were processed using SPSS to run partial hypothesis testing through t-test and simultaneous F-test. The results of this study indicate that there is an influence of achievement motivation on learning achievement in Introduction to Accounting course among Economic Education students at the University of Lampung.

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