Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
In this thesis a prediction model using graduation rate as the performance indicator is obtained for community colleges for three cohort years, 2003, 2004, and 2005 in the states of California, Florida, and Michigan. Multiple Regression analysis, using an aggregate of seven predictor variables, was employed in determining this prediction model. From this prediction model, a predicted graduation rate was obtained for each of the 142 institutions in this study. Using this predicted graduation rate, an Institutional Performance Ratio (IPR), was then calculated for each institution, by dividing the actual graduation rate for each institution by its predicted graduation rate. These IPR values were then used to classify the performance of each institution as meeting expectation, exceeding expectation or falling below expectation. Inter institutional comparisons were also made using these IPR values.
Extent
141 p.
Recommended Citation
Moosai-Sitahal, Susan, "prediction model for community colleges using graduation rate as the performance indicator" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 158.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/158
Identifier
FADT2683205
Comments
by Susan Moosai.|Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010.|Includes bibliography.|by Susan Moosai.