Internet Learning Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2014 | Page 78

Effect of Student Readiness on Student Success in Online Courses
Table 1. SmarterMeasure Indicators Compared to Final
Indicator
Name
Reading
Rate*
Typing
Speed*
Life
Factors
Technical
Knowledge
Reading
Comprehension
Individual
Attributes
Final
Grade
Earned
Indicator
Rate
at 85% to
100%
Indicator
Rate at
0% to
84%
Successful 62 12 74
Not
Successful
10 6 16
Total 72 18 90
Total
(N)
Successful 81 59 140
Not
Successful
7 14 21
Total 88 73 161
Successful 49 122 171
Not
Successful
4 25 29
Total 53 147 200
Successful 95 74 169
Not
Successful
21 7 28
Total 116 81 197
Successful 144 26 170
Not
Successful
24 4 28
Total 168 30 198
Successful 26 145 171
Not
Successful
5 24 29
Total 31 169 200
Note: “Indicator Name” refers to the SmarterMeasure Indicators. “Successful” in the Final Grade Earned column
is based on the Institutional benchmark of earning a 70% or higher (A, B, or C letter grade). “Not Successful”
is based on the Institutional benchmark of earning a 69% or lower (D or F letter grade).
*Reading Rate and Typing Speed are statistically significant, α = .05, while the other SmarterMeasure Indicators
are not statistically significant, α = .05.
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