Impact of Mathematics and Physics Grade Point Averages on the Overall GPA for Construction Management Undergraduate Students
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The performance of Construction Management (CM) students in their undergraduate studies is believed to be dependent on their mathematics and physics performance. The overall performance of students is measured by their overall Grade Point Average (GPA) for this study. Similarly, the performance of students in mathematics and physics are measured by the respective GPAs in these subjects. This study analyses the correlation of the mathematics and physics GPAs with the overall GPA. The study includes data of CM students who graduated between 1982 and 2010 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The research hypothesis for this study is that there is a significant correlation between the overall GPA with the mathematics and physics GPAs of CM undergraduate students. The statistical test results showed that there is a statistically significant correlation between the overall GPA with the mathematics and physics GPAs.
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