Should Students Be Allowed to Miss?

Paredes, Ricardo and Ugarte, Gabriel (2009): Should Students Be Allowed to Miss?

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the effect of class attendance on academic performance, and evaluate the existence and importance of minimum attendance requirement thresholds. We found that attendance has a relevant and statistically significant impact on performance, together with the existence of a threshold, although contrary to the expected, not associated with a decrease in performance, which questions the existence of minimum attendance requirement.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Attendance, Academic Performance, Hierarchical Models, Thresholds
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I21 - Analysis of Education; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I28 - Government Policy

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