Factors contributing to academic achievement: A Bayesian structure equation modelling study

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-500

  Payandeh Najafabadi, Amir T ^a   Najafabadi, Maryam Omidi ^b   Farid Rohani, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

academic success; Bayesian analysis; Cattell anxiety scale; Coopersmith self esteem scale; Hermanse educational motivation scale; statistics major; structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878498027     PISSN: 0020739X     EISSN: 14645211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020739X.2012.742149     Document Type: Article

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