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The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Empirical Findings: A Report of the Correlational Analysis of Bar Passing Rates and Final GPA of Years 2005-2009

Authors :
Kadhi, T.
Holley, D.
Palasota, A.
Garrison, P.
Green, T.
Source :
Online Submission. 2010.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The following analysis was done to investigate the findings of the Correlational Relationship (R) between the Bar Passing Rates and GPAs of the Years 2005-2009. This report of findings was done to see if there are any significant relationships between the three variables (Bar Pass/Fail/Unknown, Overall GPA, and Bar GPA). The following procedures were followed during Data collection and Analysis: 1. TMSL Registrar queried student information from Banner, collecting Name, Graduation Date, Overall GPA, Bar Pass/Fail/Unknown for all Graduates 2005-2009. 2. Spreadsheet given to TMSL Asst. Dean of Academic Support and Bar GPA supplied for a smaller sample of students. 3. Pass/Fail/Unknown information included on spreadsheet for smaller sample. 4. Bar Pass/Fail/Unknown (P/F/U) relabeled Bar 2/1/0 for analysis as Nominal Data. 5. The most common R (Pearson Correlation Coefficient) is given for all results. In addition, a summary of results is given after each table.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Online Submission
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
ED511344
Document Type :
Reports - Evaluative