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Predictors Of Associate's Degree Completion In Engineering And Engineering Technologies, Lynsey Reys-Nickel
Predictors Of Associate's Degree Completion In Engineering And Engineering Technologies, Lynsey Reys-Nickel
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this ex post facto study was to describe completers and non-completers of associate’s degree programs in engineering and engineering technologies and determine whether and to what extent completion in these programs is a function of selected student-related variables and institutional variables. Data from the 2004/2009 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS: 04/09) of associate’s degree completers and non-completers in engineering and engineering technologies were accessed and analyzed through PowerStats, a web-based data analysis tool from National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Descriptive data indicated that, proportionally, engineering and engineering technologies completers were mostly White, married, middle income, …