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Prediction Of Time-To-Graduation For Stem Hispanic Undergraduate Students, Gejun Zhu
Prediction Of Time-To-Graduation For Stem Hispanic Undergraduate Students, Gejun Zhu
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
In this thesis, we study the time-to-graduation problem for STEM Hispanic undergraduate students. The response, time-to-graduation, was treated in two different ways: as a binary variable with graduated (by the 6th year) and not-graduated values, and as an ordinal variable with values year-4, year-5, year-6, and not-graduate. Mathematics education plays critical role in students’ timely graduation, especially for STEM students. We used students records data obtained from The University of Texas-Pan American to illustrate how mathematics background factors (including SAT math score, ACT math score, TASP math score) and mathematics performance variables (including mathematics GPA, number of dropped mathematics courses, …
Border Hispanics’ Physical Activity Improvement In A Chronic Disease Prevention Program, Lu Xu
Border Hispanics’ Physical Activity Improvement In A Chronic Disease Prevention Program, Lu Xu
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
In seeking of effective prevention programs to improve physical activities, we want to examine the factors related to physical activities improvement in Alliance for a Healthy Border, a chronic disease prevention program with pre-post-post evaluations through 12 federally qualified community health centers serving primarily Hispanics in communities along the U.S.- Mexico border. Logistic regression was performed to examine the association between physical activity and twenty predictors at baseline. Multinomial regression was used to examine the determinants of physical activities improvement at two time points: program end and post six-months. Socio-demographic, baseline health condition factors, and determination of doing physical activity …