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ERIC Number: EJ1391276
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 36
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ISSN: ISSN-0963-9284
EISSN: EISSN-1468-4489
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Data Mining: Will First-Year Results Predict the Likelihood of Completing Subsequent Units in Accounting Programs?
Sithole, Seedwell T. M.; Ran, Guang; de Lange, Paul; Tharapos, Meredith; O'Connell, Brendan; Beatson, Nicola
Accounting Education, v32 n4 p409-444 2023
This study introduces data mining methods to accounting education scholarship to explore the relationship between accounting students' current academic performance (grades), demographic information, pre-university entrance scores and predicted academic performance. It adopts a C4.5 classification algorithm based on decision-tree analysis to examine 640 accounting students enrolled in an undergraduate accounting program at an Australian university. A significant contribution of this study is improved prediction of academic performance and identification of characteristics of students deemed to be at risk. By partitioning students into sub-groups based on tertiary entrance scores and employing clustering of study units, this study facilitates a more nuanced understanding of predictor attributes. Key findings were the dominance of a cluster of second year units in predicting students' later academic performance; that gender did not influence performance; and that performance in first year at university, rather than secondary school grades, was the most important predictor of subsequent academic performance.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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