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Intention to Dropout and Study Satisfaction: Testing Item Bias and Structural Invariance of Measures for South African First-Year University Students
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Karina Mostert; Clarisse van Rensburg; Reitumetse Machaba – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study examined the psychometric properties of intention to drop out and study satisfaction measures for first-year South African students. The factorial validity, item bias, measurement invariance and reliability were tested. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional design was used. For the study on intention to drop out, 1,820…
Descriptors: Intention, Potential Dropouts, Student Satisfaction, Test Items
Statistical Modeling of Students' Academic Performances: A Longitudinal Study
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Kemda, Lionel Establet; Murray, Michael – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Within students' attrition studies, it is necessary to assess the longitudinal evolution of students within a given course of study, from enrolment to exit from the university through degree completion and academic dropout. Here, the student's academic progress is monitored through the number of courses failed each semester enrolled. The students'…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Student Behavior, College Students, Student Attrition
Training Staff and Students in Psychology in the R Computer Language: Implications for the Psychology Curriculum in South Africa
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Coetzee, Bronwynè; Kagee, Ashraf – Africa Education Review, 2021
In psychology departments in South Africa, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) is routinely used for quantitative analysis. While SPSS has a user-friendly interface, it does not permit application of some of the more sophisticated analytic approaches and therefore has limited functionality. The programming language R can perform…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Psychology, Programming Languages