Statistical Study for Factors Affecting the Students Performance of the School of Administration and Economic at Sulaimani University

Renas Abubaker Ahmed; Shahla Othman Salah Qadr; Huda Muhamed Saied

doi:10.25098/1.3.33

Authors

Renas Abubaker Ahmed Statistic Department, School of Administration & Economics, Sulaimani University, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
Shahla Othman Salah Qadr Statistic Department, School of Administration & Economics, Sulaimani University, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
Huda Muhamed Saied Statistic Department, School of Administration & Economics, Sulaimani University, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25098/1.3.33

Abstract

Student’s issue is one of the special concern in education system, one way to reduce these problems is to identify the most probable contributing factors that effect on student’s agree or disagree for their department. So that the main objective of the study is the modeling for acceptance level from students according to mathematical models to determining and investigating the various factors which are cause this acceptance. This study applied logistic regression, the data collected from Sulaimani University according to survey method which shown in the study appendix, the sample consists of a 180 subjects. The acceptance level is aresponse variable which is a binary variable with two categories: the students are agree with their department or disagree. Due to the binary nature of this response variable a logistic regression approach is suitable to analyze in this case. Among 27 variables obtained from survey, four explanatory variables found most significantly associated to response variable which are X11 (Have students long disease), X17 (Did students expect to study at their department), X18 (Are students like to continue in their department), X27 (Are the lectures appropriate with reality life).

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