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An Investigation of Factors Affecting Students’ Academic Achievement
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Vesal, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Madanizadeh, Ali (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
In this study, we estimate the relationship between the quality of previous education, the quality of current program, the condition of first semester, and the socio-demographic characteristics of students with their performance in the program. We use graduation GPA of students as a measure of their performance. Using the administrative data of graduate students at Sharif Graduate School of Management and Economics from 2000 to 2012, we find that there is a positive correlation between the previous degree GPA and the first semester GPA with graduation GPA. Furthermore, in our sample the GPA of male students is on average lower than the GPA of female students. At last, we find that the...