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Tiêu đề
A social network analysis of student retention using archival data
Tác giả
Eckles J.E.; Stradley E.G.
Năm xuất bản
2012
Source title
Social Psychology of Education
Số trích dẫn
49
DOI
10.1007/s11218-011-9173-z
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Tóm tắt
This study attempts to determine if a relationship exists between first-to-second-year retention and social network variables for a cohort of first-year students at a small liberal arts college. The social network is reconstructed using not survey data as is most common, but rather using archival data from a student information system. Each student is given a retention score and an attrition score based on the behavior of their immediate relationships in the network. Those scores are then entered into a logistic regression that includes tradition background and performance variables that are traditionally significantly related to retention. Students' friends' retention and attrition behaviors are found to have a greater impact on retention that any background or performance variable. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Từ khóa
Attrition; Density; Higher education; Liberal arts; Retention; Social network
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