@article{Nolan:118315,
      recid = {118315},
      author = {Nolan, Elizabeth and Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.},
      title = {Predicting performance in undergraduate agricultural  economics},
      journal = {Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics},
      address = {2007},
      number = {428-2016-27836},
      pages = {15},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {Entry to the Bachelor of Agricultural Economics (BAgrEc)  program at the University
of Sydney is consistently less  competitive than that for the Bachelor of Economics
(BEc)  and Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) programs. Given that  students in the
BAgrEc program undertake units in common  with students in the BEc and BComm
programs, it is of  interest to examine the importance of school performance  and first
year university in the determination of success  at university. This paper takes information
for nine  cohorts of BAgrEc students and tests their performance in  first-year core
subjects against the university entrance  ranking, school English and mathematics
marks, gender, and  type of school. The paper then uses the same information to  predict
which student characteristics at entry level are  likely to lead to students completing
the degree program.  The implications of the analysis are explored.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/118315},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.118315},
}