How science course performance influences student retention - A statistical investigation

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 6539-6548

  Zhang, Guili ^a   Thorndyke, Brian ^a   Ohland, Matthew W ^b   Anderson, Timothy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAMS; ENGINEERING STUDENTS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 5444242665     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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