| The influx of online courses has prompted academicians to research factors that could impact a student's likelihood of success in an online environment. Since there generally is a higher failure rate in online quantitative courses as compared to non-quantitative face-to-face classes, there is a pressing need to improve student success and retention rates in distance education programs; consequently, we are in the initial stages of our research to explore factors and behaviors that could impact a student's performance in online quantitative MBA courses. Three Management Science courses were examined to ascertain whether an overall combination of GPA, age, gender, cumulative credit hours and number of current semester hours impacted whether students passed the course. A regression analysis and descriptive statistics were also used to compare the average time spent completing homework and number of weekly Discussion Board posts for students who ultimately passed the course vs. those who failed (or withdrew from) the course. |
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