A study on the correlation and regression of some high school courses in the Rural High School of the University of the Philippines

Date

6-1970

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Mariano B. de Ramos

Abstract

The study was undertaken to: (1) determine whether the grades in the different high school courses are correlated; (2) determine the significance of the correlations; and (3) arrive at an equation that will define the relationship of the grades in the different courses to the overall performance ci grade upon graduation.

The grades of three (3) batches of high school students in the U.P. Rural High School was obtained from the registrar and subjected to correlation and regression analysis.

The correlation of the grades under subject headings, in courses taken in specific years, and in high school as a whole were found to be significant at 5 percent level of significance with specific degrees of freedom.

Mathematics I-Literature II had the greatest correlation while Mathematics II-History II had the least. The Grammar Economics subjects and the General Science-Economics subjects exhibited the highest and lowest correlations, respectively.

Within years, Pilipino III-Mathematics III and the Grammar-Literature pairs had the highest correlations. Pilipino II-History II and the Grammar-Mathematics pairs had the lowest correlations. The decreasing degree of correlation of the courses according to years were as follows; First year, Fourth year, Third year, and Second year.

Under subject headings, Mathematics I-Mathematics V and Mathematics III Mathematics IV had the lowest and highest correlations, respectively.

From the tests of the different null hypotheses, it was concluded that the predicted grades of the subjects in the fourth year course or y14 subjects under the jth subject headings were due to regression. Further, each of the j subject in the Xi set affected significantly the regression.

The overall performance in high school as represented by the grade upon graduation and equal to the general average in the fourth year courses, was significantly affected by the grades in the courses in the first three years in high school.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

Thesis

Document Type

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