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dc.contributor.advisorWingenbach, Gary
dc.contributor.advisorAkers, Cynthia L.
dc.creatorAtchley, Thomas Wayne
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-21T22:02:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-22T07:08:59Z
dc.date.available2011-10-21T22:02:48Z
dc.date.available2011-10-22T07:08:59Z
dc.date.created2010-08
dc.date.issued2011-10-21
dc.date.submittedAugust 2010
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8252
dc.description.abstractEnrollment in online courses has outpaced overall university enrollment for the past several years. The growth of online courses does not appear to be slowing. The purpose of this study was to examine the origins of online education at Tarleton State University, to compare course completion and student academic performance between online and traditional courses, and to develop a predictive model for students’ successful completion of online courses. Archival data from the Tarleton student records system was collected using the Structured Query Language. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze student characteristics. Chi-square analysis was used to determine if significant differences existed between students enrolled in online and traditional courses when comparing course completion and academic performance. Analysis found significant differences existed in both course completion and academic performance for students enrolled in online vs. traditional courses. Additional analysis indicated significant differences existed in course completion by course discipline. A predictive model was created using binary logistic regression and included the predictor variables age, student classification, term course load, and cumulative GPA. The final model correctly predicted successful completion of 85.5 percent of all cases.en
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectOnline Educationen
dc.subjectCourse Completionen
dc.subjectStudent Academic Performanceen
dc.subjectComparison of Online and Traditional Course Completionen
dc.titleComparison of Course Completion and Academic Performance in Online vs. Traditional Coursesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentAgricultural Leadership, Education, and Communicationsen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural Leadership, Education, and Communicationsen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRutherford, Tracy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBurris, Scott H.
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