Adetutu, O. M., Oguntolu, F. A., & Abdullahi, U. (2017). Analysis of Effects of Undesired Course of Study on Students’ Academic Achievement in Nigeria, Using Binary Logistic Regression.

Abstract

This study was conducted to examined the effects of undesired course of study on students’ academic performance in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The questionnaire method was used with stratified sampling scheme. The questionnaire was administered to 400 students in Federal University Technology Minna, Nigeria. Factors such as gender, age, satisfaction and the course of study were examined whether these factors were having effect on students’ academic performance. The student cumulative grade point average (CGPA) was used as a measure of academic performance. The data were analyzed using binary logistic regression and results revealed that satisfaction with course of study and undesired course of study affected students’ academic performance. However, age and gender difference did not affect students’ academic performance