Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 31, No. 2
Issue: Spring 2001
Pages: 99-109
Author(s): Daniel R. Marburger (Arkansas State University)
Internet Address (Principal Author):marburge@cherokee.astate.edu
Title: Absenteeism and Undergraduate Exam Performance
Abstract: The relationship between students' absenteeism during a principles of microeconomics course and their subsequent performance on exams is examined in a qualitative choice model. Estimation of model parameters reveals that students who missed class on a given date were significantly more likely to respond incorrectly to questions relating to material covered that day than students who were present.
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