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Factors Explaining Business Students’ Success In Business Statistics: A Case From A Scandinavian Business School

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Statistical skills are strongly linked success in business studies, especially in analyzing risk and in the financial sciences. Therefore, it is useful to acquire more knowledge about factors that can explain the grades achieved in Business Statistics. The objective of this study is to identify variables that are related to performance in Business Statistics among a cohort of business school students in Norway. By using linear regression models, this study tries to identify the relationship between achievement in Business Statistics and several independent variables, including gender, grade point average (GPA) from high school, mathematical background, Big Five personality traits, and attitudes towards statistics (SATS-36). Only attitudes towards statistics were significantly associated with the performance. There is a positive correlation between success in Business Statistics and the two Cognitive Competence and Effort (from SATS-36) dimensions. This is useful knowledge to ensure good results in Business Statistics.

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  • Leiv Opstad, 2022. "Factors Explaining Business Students’ Success In Business Statistics: A Case From A Scandinavian Business School," Business Education and Accreditation, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 14(1), pages 1-15.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:1-15
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    1. Hans Bonesrønning & Leiv Opstad, 2015. "Can student effort be manipulated? Does it matter?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(15), pages 1511-1524, March.
    2. Leiv OPSTAD, 2019. "Different Attitudes Towards Mathematics Among Economic And Business Students And Choice Of Business Course Major In Norway," Social Sciences and Education Research Review, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 6(2), pages 6-30, November.
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    • A20 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - General
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • M20 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - General

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