Grades and graduation: A longitudinal risk perspective to identify student dropouts

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-207

  Bowers, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk; Discrete time hazard modeling; Dropout; Dropout prediction; Grades (scholastic); Graduation; Logistic regression; Longitudinal studies; Retention; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960821804     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670903382970     Document Type: Review

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