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Autor/inn/en | Sithole, Seedwell T. M.; Ran, Guang; de Lange, Paul; Tharapos, Meredith; O'Connell, Brendan; Beatson, Nicola |
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Titel | Data Mining: Will First-Year Results Predict the Likelihood of Completing Subsequent Units in Accounting Programs? |
Quelle | In: Accounting Education, 32 (2023) 4, S.409-444 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Sithole, Seedwell T. M.) ORCID (Tharapos, Meredith) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0963-9284 |
DOI | 10.1080/09639284.2022.2075707 |
Schlagwörter | Data Analysis; Predictor Variables; Accounting; Educational Attainment; Grades (Scholastic); Student Characteristics; College Entrance Examinations; Academic Achievement; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Grade Prediction; Business Administration Education; College Faculty; Australia |
Abstract | This study introduces data mining methods to accounting education scholarship to explore the relationship between accounting students' current academic performance (grades), demographic information, pre-university entrance scores and predicted academic performance. It adopts a C4.5 classification algorithm based on decision-tree analysis to examine 640 accounting students enrolled in an undergraduate accounting program at an Australian university. A significant contribution of this study is improved prediction of academic performance and identification of characteristics of students deemed to be at risk. By partitioning students into sub-groups based on tertiary entrance scores and employing clustering of study units, this study facilitates a more nuanced understanding of predictor attributes. Key findings were the dominance of a cluster of second year units in predicting students' later academic performance; that gender did not influence performance; and that performance in first year at university, rather than secondary school grades, was the most important predictor of subsequent academic performance. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |