The Importance of Mathematics as a Prerequisite to Introductory Financial Accounting

Autor/inn/en	McCarron, Karen B.; Burstein, Alan N.
Titel	The Importance of Mathematics as a Prerequisite to Introductory Financial Accounting
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 41 (2017) 9, S.543-550 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McCarron, Karen B.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2016.1179235
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Education; Prerequisites; Introductory Courses; Accounting; Undergraduate Study; Two Year Colleges; Regression (Statistics); Academic Achievement; Prior Learning; High Schools; Grade Point Average; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematische Bildung; Voraussetzung; Einführungskurs; Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Grundstudium; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schulleistung; Vorkenntnisse; High school; Oberschule
Abstract	Mathematics has long served as a prerequisite to introductory financial accounting in the 4-year college business curriculum. However, 2-year colleges have been slower to adopt math as a prerequisite. Its usefulness in relation to achieving successful completion of accounting has not been demonstrated at either a 2-year or 4-year college. Using data from students who enrolled in introductory financial accounting at a 2-year college over a 13-year period, the research reported here consists of the generation of a logistical regression model to ascertain the role of mathematics in relation to improving the odds of success in introductory financial accounting. The results indicate that successful completion of introductory financial accounting improves when high school GPA (grade point average), collegiate maturity, as well as combined prerequisites of math and English are taken into consideration. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01