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 Volume 5, Issue 10 (October 2018), Pages: 1-6

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Analysis of the inter-relationship between students’ first year results and their final graduating grades

 Author(s): Pelumi E. Oguntunde 1, *, Hilary I. Okagbue 1, Omoleye A. Oguntunde 2, Abiodun A. Opanuga 1, Sola J. Oluwatunde 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
 2Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
 3Department of Computer Science, Caleb University, Lagos State, Nigeria

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.10.001

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 Abstract:

There is a tendency for students to lose focus in tertiary institutions because of change in environment and peer pressure (among several others); hence, a need to monitor and study the trend of students’ performance in the tertiary institution. This article, therefore, seeks to know the correlation between the first year results and in particular, the final graduating grade of students in a leading Nigerian University. Test of normality was performed for the final graduating results and multiple linear regression models were fitted to the data; this enables us to predict what a student can graduate with having known a previous result (or first year result). All the analyses were performed using Minitab software. The result established that there are strong linear relationships between the GPAs as a student progresses in his/her academic journey. 

 © 2018 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Academic performance, Students, University, Multiple linear regressions

 Article History: Received 22 March 2018, Received in revised form 22 July 2018, Accepted 1 August 2018

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.10.001

 Citation:

 Oguntunde PE, Okagbue HI, and Oguntunde OA et al. (2018). Analysis of the inter-relationship between students’ first year results and their final graduating grades. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 5(10): 1-6

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 http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/2018/V5I10/Oguntunde.html

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