A Social Network Analysis of Student Retention Using Archival Data

Autor/inn/en	Eckles, James E.; Stradley, Eric G.
Titel	A Social Network Analysis of Student Retention Using Archival Data
Quelle	In: Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 15 (2012) 2, S.165-180 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1381-2890
DOI	10.1007/s11218-011-9173-z
Schlagwörter	Network Analysis; Academic Persistence; Information Systems; Social Networks; Liberal Arts; School Holding Power; Correlation; College Students; College Freshmen; Surveys; Scores; Regression (Statistics); Friendship; Student Characteristics; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Netzplantechnik; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Korrelation; Collegestudent; Studienanfänger; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Freundschaft; Schulleistung
Abstract	This study attempts to determine if a relationship exists between first-to-second-year retention and social network variables for a cohort of first-year students at a small liberal arts college. The social network is reconstructed using not survey data as is most common, but rather using archival data from a student information system. Each student is given a retention score and an attrition score based on the behavior of their immediate relationships in the network. Those scores are then entered into a logistic regression that includes tradition background and performance variables that are traditionally significantly related to retention. Students' friends' retention and attrition behaviors are found to have a greater impact on retention that any background or performance variable. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10