Longitudinal Data Analysis of the Academic Performance of CEMBA Students; Case Study; Accra, Kumasi-IDL (KNUST)

dc.contributor.authorKwabi, Emmanuel
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-20T11:14:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-21T08:02:32Z
dc.date.available2012-06-20T11:14:41Z
dc.date.available2023-04-21T08:02:32Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-20
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the Board of Postgraduate Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Science in Industrial Mathematics.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study is to assess the academic performance of CEMBA students at the Accra and Kumasi centres of institute of distance learning, KNUST. In all about 437 students for the (2009/2010) were considered for the study. Students‟ semester weighted average (SWA) for three semesters were considered as a dependent variable and their age, sex and centre were considered as explanatory variables. Linear mixed effect model was fitted for the data available using the SAS 9.0 software. It was concluded that the student’s academic performance does not depend on their gender. But centre and age were found to be significant. For the start of semester one, on the average Kumasi centre performed better than the Accra centre but the situation changed over the three semesters. Also young students performed better on the average at the start of semester one. The recommendations were that the authorities should have a second look at the facilities at the Accra centre and that the number of the explanatory variables should be widen thus, questionnaire can be designed to look at the attitude of students next time a similar research is been undertaken at the same institute.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUSTen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/4099
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectLinear mixed effect modelsen_US
dc.subjectSWAen_US
dc.subjectSASen_US
dc.subjectAcademic performanceen_US
dc.titleLongitudinal Data Analysis of the Academic Performance of CEMBA Students; Case Study; Accra, Kumasi-IDL (KNUST)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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