The strength of agreement of students’ academic performances as a counseling guide for the university prospective admission seekers |
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Author: | Balogun, Oluwafemi Samson1; Moshin, Mazhar1; Olaleye, Sunday Adewale2 |
Organizations: |
1School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland 2Department of Marketing, Management and International Business, Oulu Business School, Erikki- Koiso-Kanttilan, Oulu 90570, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.2 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2020091469448 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
International business information management association,
2020
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Publish Date: | 2020-09-14 |
Description: |
AbstractThis research examines the strength of agreement of students’ academic performances for their first and graduating year in the University using Cohen’s kappa. Academic records of 710 students which consist of students Grade Point Average (GPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) for their first and graduating year. This paper is to examine the final academic performances of students in the University based on specific information regarding their academic performances during their first year at the University. This study reveals that a strong agreement exists between the students’ first and graduating year academic performance in their result. This work will serve as a useful counseling guide to prospective admission seekers and all stakeholders at enhancing students’ academic performances in the University system. This study is divided into five sections: introduction, literature, methodology, discussion while the study limitation and future study forms the part of the conclusion. see all
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ISBN Print: | 978-0-9998551-4-0 |
Pages: | 11935 - 11945 |
Host publication: |
Proceedings of 35th IBIMA Conference, 1-2 April, 2020, Seville, Spain |
Conference: |
International Business Information Management Association Conference (IBIMA |
Type of Publication: |
A4 Article in conference proceedings |
Field of Science: |
516 Educational sciences |
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Copyright information: |
© 2020 The Autrhos. Published by International business information management association. Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 Unported. |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |