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Concomitant-Variable Latent-Class Beta Inflated Models to Assess Students’ Performance: An Italian Case Study

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  • Marco Centoni

    (Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta)

  • Vieri Del Panta

    (Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta)

  • Antonello Maruotti

    (Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta)

  • Valentina Raponi

    (Sapienza Università di Roma
    Imperial College)

Abstract

Students’ performance is a crucial aspect for university programs effectiveness and organization. In this paper, we introduce and analyze a performance index for the first-year students of a private Italian university, namely the Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta. We use administrative data on 532 undergraduate students enrolled in any of the eight available bachelor degrees in 2015. Our aim is to improve the general understanding of performance linking it with personal student’s characteristics and with degree-specific aspects. A beta inflated latent class approach is employed to identify clusters of performance establishing a link with all available explanatory variables. The empirical analysis unveils that a good and balanced degree organization may improve students’ performance. The student’s ability plays a crucial role in discriminating between good and bad performances, and also strongly depends on individual-specific characteristics, such as the final mark obtained at high school.

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  • Marco Centoni & Vieri Del Panta & Antonello Maruotti & Valentina Raponi, 2019. "Concomitant-Variable Latent-Class Beta Inflated Models to Assess Students’ Performance: An Italian Case Study," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 146(1), pages 7-18, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:146:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1007_s11205-018-1882-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-018-1882-7
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