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Comparing online and traditional classes.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| September 22, 2005 | Sue, Valerie M. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

This study compared the experiences of students in online and traditional statistics classes. A two-condition quasi-experiment with a pretest and a post-test was employed to compare performance, attitudes and satisfaction between two groups of learners. Results indicate that exam scores for the students in the traditional group were significantly higher than were the scores for the online group on two of five exams. Student attitudes and level of satisfaction with the two methods of course delivery did not vary significantly.

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