التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Bayesian binary quantile regression for the analysis of Bachelor-to-Master transition. |
| المؤلفون: |
Mollica, Cristina1 (AUTHOR) cristina.mollica@uniroma1.it, Petrella, Lea2 (AUTHOR) |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Applied Statistics. Dec2017, Vol. 44 Issue 15, p2791-2812. 22p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*BAYESIAN analysis, BACHELOR'S degree, MASTER'S degree, ACADEMIC degree statistics, QUANTILE regression, LAPLACE distribution |
| مستخلص: |
The multi-cycle organization of modern university systems stimulates the interest in studying the progression to higher level degree courses during the academic career. In particular, after the achievement of the first level qualification (Bachelor degree), students have to decide whether to continue their university studies, by enrolling in a second level (Master) programme, or to conclude their training experience. In this work we propose a binary quantile regression (BQR) approach to analyse the Bachelor-to-Master transition phenomenon with the adoption of the Bayesian inferential perspective. In addition to the traditional predictors of academic outcomes, such as the personal characteristics and the field of study, different aspects of student's performance are considered. Moreover, the role of a new contextual variable, representing the type of university regulations experienced during the academic path, is investigated. The utility of the Bayesian BQR to characterize the non-continuation decision after the first cycle studies is illustrated with an application to administrative data of Bachelor graduates at the School of Economics of Sapienza University of Rome. The method favourably compares with more conventional model specifications concerning the conditional mean of the binary response. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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