How much math do students need to succeed in business and economics statistics? An ordered probit analysis

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Green, Jeffrey J ^a   Stone, Courtenay C ^a   Zegeye, Abera ^a   Charles, Thomas A ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Introductory business statistics; Math prerequisites; Math topics; Minimum prerequisite math grade requirement; Student performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950662931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2009.11889532     Document Type: Article

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