Castrillón Velandia, Oscar Y.

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Uso de técnicas multivariadas y modelos estadísticos para el análisis del desempeño académico de los estudiantes de cálculo I-UPRM
(2007) Castrillón Velandia, Oscar Y.; Quintana Díaz, Julio C.; College of Arts and Sciences - Sciences; Lorenzo, Edgardo; Saito, Tokuji; Department of Mathematics; Macchiavell, Raúl
In this research a methodology based on multivariate analysis techniques is considered to characterize the students attending the course Calculus I (Fall semester, 2006-07) who participated in an exploratory study. This characterization was done with respect to their academic performance and the factors related to it. It is used the factorial analysis and the cluster analysis in the exploration of these possible profiles. Also a technique of analysis of panel data is applied to model the scores of the students in three out of four required partial examinations in the course. The results of this analysis show that some methodological characteristics of the professors and academic characteristics of the students are important predictors of their academic performance.