Abstract

CORENGIA, Angela; PITA, María; MESURADO, Belén  and  CENTENO, Angel. Predicting academic performance and attrition in undergraduate students. liber. [online]. 2013, vol.19, n.1, pp.101-112. ISSN 1729-4827.

The purpose of this study is to analyze whether educational aptitudes can predict academic performance and attrition. To measure educational aptitudes, the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) was applied to a nonrandom sample of 1530 firstyear undergraduate students of a private university in Argentina. For the analysis, multiple and logistic regression models were used. The results showed that DAT scores can predict academic performance, but there is a moderate to low relationship between these scores and dropout rates. To summarize, this study is a first step to predict students’ academic success, in order to save resources and prevent frustration.

Keywords : Academic Performance; Attrition; Educational Aptitudes; Higher Education.

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