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dc.contributor.authorBerling, Victoria L.
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-05T20:28:02Z
dc.date.available2015-10-05T20:28:02Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10484/8077
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to expand what is known regarding the factors that relate to successful completion of online, undergraduate college courses. It addressed 13 student factors available through archival data at Northern Kentucky University based on 1,493 students enrolled in fully online courses in fall 2008. It included programmatic membership as the fourteenth variable. The study employed both logistic regression analysis and multiple regression analysis. The dependent variable for the logistic regression analysis was dichotomous based on completion of all online courses with a grade of ―D‖ or better (yes or no). The dependent variable for the multiple regression analysis was a continuous variable, percentage of online courses completed. The following variables were found to have a positive relationship to successful completion of online courses: applying for financial assistance, GPA, senior year in college, major in health and human sciences, major in a STEM field, and tuition residency of metro rate. The following variables were found to have a negative relationship to successful completion of online courses: race of Black and freshman year in college. The freshman year in college only showed as a significant variable in the multiple regression analysis.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityVictoria L. Berling
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.lcshDropouts--Prevention.
dc.subject.lcshDistance education.
dc.subject.lcshAcademic achievement.
dc.subject.otherRetention in online learning.
dc.subject.otherOnline persistence.
dc.titleFactors Affecting Retention in Online Courses
dc.typeDissertation
dc.date.graduationmonthAugust
dc.date.published2010
dc.description.committeechairHoward-Hamilton, Mary F.
dc.description.committeemembersCarole Beere
dc.description.committeemembersKandace Hinton
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy
dc.description.departmentDepartment of Educational Leadership, Administration, and Foundations
dc.description.imprintCunningham Memorial library, Terre Haute,Indiana State University
dc.description.itemidetdGS201009
dc.description.levelMasters
dc.description.noteTitle from document title page. Document formatted into pages: contains 166 p.: ill. Includes bibliography, abstract and appendix.
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