Business Assessment Test Results San Diego State University 2012

General Method 80 Multiple Choice Qs covering all business topics Administered to 1,248 test takers on 6 CSU campuses during the 2011-2012 Academic Year Questions come from a pool of questions developed across the CSU system Exam was significantly revised in 2010 by a consortium of CSU schools. Revision aimed at improving validity and comprehensiveness. As a result of revision, BAT now includes measures of: Global Operations Ethics

SDSU Method Exam administered in Spring sections of MGT 405, during regular class time*, 74.1% of all Spring 405 students took the exam. 404 students took the exam (40% of all students taking 405 in the 2011-2012 year). All students received some form of extra credit incentive Not true with all other CSU campuses Following 2008 findings that calculator use did not make a difference in performance, test administration has maintained “No Calculators Allowed” rule. *MWF sections excluded due to lack of in-class time.

Average Performance All CSU SDSU Mean 55.54% 58.93%

Comparative Statistics CAMPUS MEAN #1: San Diego 58.93% #2 55.56% #3 54.88% #4 51.38% #5 47.91% #6 40.15%

Subject Area Results – SDSU vs Subject Area Results – SDSU vs. all CSU Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area SDSU ALL CSU Ethics 94.06% Management 73.76% Marketing 64.16% Finance 60.23% Statistics 58.74% Operations 58.42% Information Systems 55.66% Accounting 52.00% Economics 47.46% Global/International Bus 42.92% Business Law 40.41%

SDSU Subject Area Results Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area All Majors Ethics 94.06% Management 73.76% 75.82% Marketing 64.16% 70.53% Finance 60.23% 71.37% Statistics 58.74% Operations 58.42% Information Systems 55.66% 75.50% Accounting 52.00% 70.37% Economics 47.46% Global/International Bus 42.92% 50.91% Business Law 40.41%

A closer look at statistics Overall Performance: 58.7% 301 Non-Takers 53.9% 34.6% of the test takers (FIN – 54.4%, IS – 51.2%, IB – 54.9%) 301 Takers 61.6% (ACC, MGT, MKT) 65.4% of the test takers Among 301 Takers: MKT (requires “C”) 59.7% Others (ACC, 64.9% & MGT, 60.4%)

Some interesting demographic comparisons . . . Status Full-Time Part-Time Mean Score 57.6 56.0 Age 20-25 26-30 31-35 36+ Mean Score 56.9 59.5 60.1 70.4 Gender Male Female Mean Score 60.1 55.1 Hrs Worked Mean Score 0-10 58.9 11-20 56.9 21-30 55.7 31-40 56.6 Ethnicity Mean Score Asian 55.5 Black 56.3 Hispanic 54.9 White 59.2 Status Native Transfer Mean Score 57.0 58.0 Home Language English Other English/Other Equal Mean Score 58.7 54.1 54.4

SDSU Longitudinal Comparisons Year Revised Test Mean Unadjusted Mean Adjusted Mean 2012 57.52% 2011 57.92% 2010 53.14% 56.41% 2009 51.48% 55.33% 2008 50.80% 54.86% 2007 50.25% 2006 50.10% 2005 2004 50.63%