college of business san josé state university business assessment test spring 2005
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College of BusinessCollege of BusinessSan José State UniversitySan José State University
Business Assessment TestBusiness Assessment Test
Spring 2005Spring 2005
About the CSU BATAbout the CSU BAT
• Business Assessment TestBusiness Assessment Test– Developed as lower-cost alternative to the ETS major Developed as lower-cost alternative to the ETS major
field testfield test
• Categories of questionsCategories of questions
• SJSU COB - Scores range from 14 to 61 out of 79SJSU COB - Scores range from 14 to 61 out of 79
Accountancy Business Law Economics Finance
Management Marketing MIS Statistics
44.8
40.9 40.740.4
40.039.6
39.0 38.938.4
37.937.3 37.2
35.9
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46 BSBA Program AssessmentBSBA Program AssessmentBy CSU CampusBy CSU Campus
BAT Mean Score: 39.42BAT Mean Score: 39.42
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Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area (N=443)within each subject area (N=443)
51%46% 48%
42%38%
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57%
68%
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Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area (N=443)within each subject area (N=443)
51.3%46.2% 47.7%
41.6%37.8%
45.1%
57.0%
67.7%
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Compared with ETS 2002
51.3%46.1%
37.8% 37.8%38.2%
47.3%
Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly by by ConcentrationConcentration
53%50%
47% 49% 50% 48% 48%
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60%
70%
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N=53 N=65 N=18 N=73 N=13 N=86 N=113
Score by Enrollment & Work HoursScore by Enrollment & Work Hours
39.4
40.740.4
38.4
38.8
39.2
39.9
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37
38
39
40
41
Full-time Part-time 0-10hours per
week
11-20hours per
week
21-30hours per
week
31-40hours per
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> 40hours per
week
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N=361 N=72 N=110 N=91 N=120 N=74 N=33
Score by Language & Transfer StatusScore by Language & Transfer Status
39.739.5
38.1
39.9
38.9
36
37
38
39
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41
Communicatebest in English
Communicatebetter inanother
language
Communicateequally well in
Englishand another
language
Transferstudents
Not transferstudents
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N=339 N=31 N=65
38.439.0
37.836.5
43.0 42.9
40.139.3
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44
46
Asian/AsianAmerican
Black orAfrican-
American
Mexican-American,
Latin-American,
otherHispanic
MiddleEastern
NativeAmerican
White Other Decline tospecify
Score by EthnicityScore by EthnicityS
core
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N=216 N=7 N=44 N=10 N=1 N=94 N=28 N=8
Scores by Gender/Age (Overall)Scores by Gender/Age (Overall)
37.7
40.5
38.4
41.943.7
42.040.6
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core
N=211 N=218 N=327 N=62 N=15 N=7 N=7
38.3
41.5 41.9
39.8
37.7
39.5
42.4
45.3
34.0
42.8
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48
20-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
> 40 20-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
> 40
Scores by Gender/AgeScores by Gender/Age
MalesMalesFemalesFemales
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Age
N=155 N=32 N=9 N=5 N=3 N=172 N=30 N=6 N=2 N=4
Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area (N=443)within each subject area (N=443)
51%46% 48%
42%38%
45%
57%
68%
30%
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50%
60%
70%
Percent of questions answered correctlyPercent of questions answered correctlywithin each subject areawithin each subject area
Accounting Majors (N=53)Accounting Majors (N=53)
51%
64%
51%
43% 41%44%
54%
74%
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50%
60%
70%
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50%46% 46%
40%
49% 48%
55%
66%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Percent of questions answered correctlyPercent of questions answered correctlywithin each subject areawithin each subject area
Finance & Corp. Finance Majors (N=65Finance & Corp. Finance Majors (N=65))
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55%
42%48% 46%
34%
44%48%
61%
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40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject areawithin each subject area
HRM Majors (N=18)HRM Majors (N=18)
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Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject areawithin each subject area
MIS Majors (N=73)MIS Majors (N=73)
50%43% 47%
37% 35%
45%
52%
81%
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60%
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47% 47%50%
46%
36%
53%
63%58%
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40%
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60%
70%
80%
Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject areawithin each subject area
International Business Majors (N=13)International Business Majors (N=13)
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Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area within each subject area
Management Majors (N= 86)Management Majors (N= 86)
56%
43%48%
43%
34%
42%
56%
63%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
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48.9%
41.0%
46.8%43.8%
34.9%
44.8%
63.8% 63.4%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Percent of questions answered correctly Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area within each subject area
Marketing Majors (N= 113)Marketing Majors (N= 113)
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