Business Assessment Test Results San Diego State University 2008

General Method 80 Multiple Choice Qs covering all business topics Administered to 1,654 test takers on 9 CSU campuses during the 2007-2008 AY (up from 6 campuses in 2007) Questions come from a pool of questions developed across the CSU system Analysis in 2007 allowed for the identification of 22 items of questionable validity. Results this year were reported both “Unadjusted” (including the 22 items thus allowing for comparisons to previous years’ results) and “Adjusted” (omitting the 22 items thus providing for a more valid test.

SDSU Method Exam administered in almost all sections of MGT 405, during regular class time 480 students took the exam (29% of total sample – largest of all campuses). All students received some form of incentive though method varied Not true with all other CSU campuses SDSU split into “Calculator Use Allowed” and “No Calculators” to test for differences Previous and current administration across CSU bans calculators

SDSU Calculator Use Results Sub-Test W/ Calculator Mean W/O Calculator Mean F Statistic Significance Level MGMT 65.63 67.07 0.579 .447 ACC 55.25 52.81 1.432 .232 B-LAW 49.16 44.58 5.79 .017 FIN 44.69 43.88 0.199 .655 STATS 43.36 42.97 0.038 .845 ECON 51.60 49.15 1.513 .219 MKT 68.01 68.90 0.245 .621 MIS 61.56 61.80 0.14 .904 TOTAL 55.47 54.30 1.083 .299

Average Performance All CSU SDSU Mean (Adjusted) 52.96% 54.86% Mean (Unadjusted) 49.00% 50.80%

Comparative Statistics CAMPUS MEAN #1 65.08% #2 – San Diego 54.86% #3 54.39% #4 53.47% #5 52.74% #6 52.69% #7 49.37% #8 49.23% #9 49.18%

SDSU Subject Area Results Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area All Majors Non-Majors Marketing 72.46 83.14 72.30 Management 66.78 67.86 66.48 MIS 61.74 81.25 60.66 Accounting 53.90 71.94 49.49 Economics 50.44 Business Law 46.63 Finance 44.19 54.66 41.19 Statistics 43.27

SDSU Longitudinal Comparisons Year Mean 2008* 50.80% 2007 50.25% 2006 50.10% 2005 2004 50.63% * Unadjusted Scores in order to make meaningful comparisons; all test takers (Calculator Users & Non-Calculator Users)