Factors that Students Consider when Selecting their Electives: Discrete Choice Experiment
- September 3, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: Education, IJRIAS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume V, Issue V, May 2020 | ISSN 2454-6194
Factors that Students Consider when Selecting their Electives: Discrete Choice Experiment
Samuel Foli, Isaac K. Baidoo
Department of Statistic and Actuarial Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Abstract: – This study identified and examined the factors considered when selecting elective courses of the students of University of Ghana, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. Discrete Choice Experiment was used to capture responses of 30 students from the above-mentioned department. Respondents were presented with 28 choice sets made of 2 hypothetical courses each. Each course was made up of five attributed (factors). Data were analysed using STATA14.Probit regression model was generated. Models restricted by females and males were also estimated. The key attribute that influence elective course preference is Follow Career Path which had the highest coefficient among all the attributes estimated in both the full and the restricted models. The result revealed that, students of University of Ghana, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, do not have much interest in Reading courses.Generally, Reading are traded-off by other attributes like Follow Career Path, Calculation and Learn New Thing.
Keywords: Discrete Choice Experiment, Probit, STATA14
