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The Use Of Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis For Academic Progress And Degree Completion, Joshua William Schutts
The Use Of Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis For Academic Progress And Degree Completion, Joshua William Schutts
Dissertations
College student retention and graduation are important to students, institutions, and the community. Institutions must commit to understanding why students persist and depart in order to address student success. As a result, institutions and governmental entities have increased the emphasis they place on using data to improve student success and degree completion. An abundance of research suggests that background factors (such as high school GPA and ACT score) combined with environmental factors (such as one’s major and first semester GPA) are predictive of student success. However, the literature has yet to explore the value of ROC curve analysis as a …
An Evaluation Of The Predictors Of Placement In Permanent Supportive Housing In The Detroit Metropolitan Communities, Andrea King-Jimenez
An Evaluation Of The Predictors Of Placement In Permanent Supportive Housing In The Detroit Metropolitan Communities, Andrea King-Jimenez
Wayne State University Dissertations
This was a quantitative evaluation of the predictors in placement of permanent supportive housing using the Coordinated Assessment Model (CAM) located in the Southwest Solution Agency. The statistical methods used were chi-square, discriminant function analysis and the logistical regression. The dependent variables were housed and not housed and the independent variables were chronic, family, Service Prioritization Decision Assessment Tool, and veteran status. There were 277 cases used for this study, the statistical methods showed there was a difference between the numbers of cases housed verse not housed. The discriminant function analysis and the logistic regression indicated the independent variables family …