The Effects of Attendance on Academic Performance: Panel Data Evidence for Introductory Microeconomics



Table 1: Descriptive statistics

Variable

Mean

St. Dev.

Min

Max

Test score (%)

58.71

24.45

-41.67

100.00

Lectures attended (%)

70.82

27.78

0.00

100.00

Classes attended (%)

67.36

35.42

0.00

100.00

High school grade (%)

77.24

12.34

60.00

100.00

Grade point average (%)

76.86

8.72

60.00

100.00

Exams per annum

2.05

1.20

0.00

6.00

Hours of study (per week)

10.85

5.69

1.00

35.00

Subject evaluation

73.73

11.36

10.00

100.00

Teacher evaluation

80.89

12.20

10.00

100.00

Travel time (minutes)

46.91

26.88

1.00

150.00

Age

20.43

0.83

19.00

27.00

Year of registration

1.31

0.62

1.00

4.00

High school type

3.06

2.12

1.00

10.00

Father education

2.76

0.91

1.00

6.00

Mother education

2.63

0.89

1.00

6.00

Father occupation

4.03

2.57

1.00

11.00

Mother occupation

4.31

2.37

1.00

11.00

Province

1.53

1.23

1.00

7.00

Female

0.47

0.50

0.00

1.00

Foreign language

0.06

0.23

0.00

1.00

Calculus

0.36

0.48

0.00

1.00

Work

0.43

0.49

0.00

1.00

Web at home

0.74

0.44

0.00

1.00

Live away from home

0.10

0.30

0.00

1.00

Note: Number of observations: 3064 (N=766, T=4). See section 3
for details on the definition and construction of the variables.

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