Academic yield, gender and reached achievement in the UEN Héctor Rojas Meza and Rafael Monasterios

Abstract

The present work has as main objective to measure the quality of the education in the Educative Institutions Héctor Rojas Meza (Cabudare) and Rafael Monasterio (Barquisimeto); for this purpose the following quality indicators are considered: Academic Mean (according to note certification), Academic Achievement (in Mathematics, Spanish, English and Science) and Achieved Success. In addition, the variables gender and location of institution are considered. This project is based on a quantitative field research. The statistical techniques applied in this study were: correlation of Pearson, Student t- Test, Chi Square, Manova, and multiple linear regression. Some conclusions obtained in this research, among others, are the high correlation between the different academic achievements and academic mean, this allows the possibility of predicting an academic mean based on the considered academic achievements, and the influence of the institution's location on the achieved success.