Statistical Analysis of the Factors Affecting Student Exam Success

This study aims to investigate the effects of economic, social and personal factors on students' exam success. The data used in the study were taken from the website kaggle.com. In this data set, there are variables such as gender, ethnicity, parental education level, lunch, exam preparation course, math score, reading score and writing score of 1000 university students. The data set of the study were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis H test. As a result of the analysis; According to gender, it was concluded that students’ exam success is different from each other, the exam preparation course increases the exam success, regular nutrition increases the exam success, the increase of the education level of the parents increases the exam success and ethnicity is an important factor on the exam success. Another important result of this study is; The fact that the mathematics exam scores of the students whose parents are graduates of colleges (branded high schools) are statistically different from the students whose parents are high school graduates. Also, there was no statistically significant difference between the mathematics scores of the students whose parents were college graduates and the students whose parents graduated from associate, undergraduate and graduate degrees. Based on all these results, it was concluded that the effect of high school brands like colleges on students' mathematics achievement is higher than reading and writing classes. Students who want to increase their mathematics achievement may be advised to choose colleges instead of high schools.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Exam Success, Brand Schools, Mathematics Score, Reading Score, Writing Score

This study aims to investigate the effects of economic, social and personal factors on students' exam success. The data used in the study were taken from the website kaggle.com. In this data set, there are variables such as gender, ethnicity, parental education level, lunch, exam preparation course, math score, reading score and writing score of 1000 university students. The data set of the study were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis H test. As a result of the analysis; According to gender, it was concluded that students’ exam success is different from each other, the exam preparation course increases the exam success, regular nutrition increases the exam success, the increase of the education level of the parents increases the exam success and ethnicity is an important factor on the exam success. Another important result of this study is; The fact that the mathematics exam scores of the students whose parents are graduates of colleges (branded high schools) are statistically different from the students whose parents are high school graduates. Also, there was no statistically significant difference between the mathematics scores of the students whose parents were college graduates and the students whose parents graduated from associate, undergraduate and graduate degrees. Based on all these results, it was concluded that the effect of high school brands like colleges on students' mathematics achievement is higher than reading and writing classes. Students who want to increase their mathematics achievement may be advised to choose colleges instead of high schools.

Keywords: Exam Success, Brand Schools, Mathematics Score, Reading Score, Writing Score

Sayfa Aralığı: 1-16

Doğanlı, B. & Çelik, S. (2021). Statistical Analysis of the Factors Affecting Student Exam Success. Journal of Current Researches on Educational Studies, 11 (1), 1-16.