Journal article
Is More Always Better? The Curvilinear Relationships between College Student Experiences and Outcomes
Innovative higher education, Vol.42(5-6), pp.477-489
12/01/2017
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-017-9403-1
Abstract
Many higher education studies have examined linear relationships between student experiences and outcomes, but this assumption may be questionable. In two notable examples previous research that assumed a linear relationship reached different substantive conclusions and implications than did research that explored non-linear associations among the same constructs. Indeed, many relationships between college experiences and outcomes may actually be curvilinear; this study explored that possibility within a large, multi-institutional, longitudinal dataset. As expected, most of the significant positive relationships were accompanied by significant curvilinear associations, such that the magnitude of the relationship decreased with higher levels of involvement.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Is More Always Better? The Curvilinear Relationships between College Student Experiences and Outcomes
- Creators
- Nicholas A. Bowman - University of IowaTeniell L. Trolian - State University of New York
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Innovative higher education, Vol.42(5-6), pp.477-489
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10755-017-9403-1
- ISSN
- 0742-5627
- eISSN
- 1573-1758
- Number of pages
- 13
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283718202771
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