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Course And Exam Statistics In Electrical Engineering, D Blandford, Mark Randall, Jessica Lofton Mar 2019

Course And Exam Statistics In Electrical Engineering, D Blandford, Mark Randall, Jessica Lofton

ASEE IL-IN Section Conference

This paper examines the course and national exam records for about fifty students in electrical engineering. The data includes the following: SAT/ACT scores, high school math and science grades, high school GPA, high school class rank, and grades for math, science, and engineering courses in the first two years of the major for undergraduates in electrical engineering. The data is analyzed seeking a correlation with success in the major which is measured by the cumulative GPA at or near graduation.

Two types of correlation data are presented. First, correlation with individual data items and success in the major is established. …