1. Business Assessment Test Results
San Diego State University
2007

2. General Method 80 Multiple Choice Qs covering all business topics
Administered to 1,073 test takers on 6 CSU campuses during spring semester 2007 (down from 8 campuses in 2006)
Questions come from a pool of questions developed across the CSU system, Qs have not varied since 2004
No calculators allowed

3. SDSU Method
Exam administered in all sections of MGT 405, during regular class time
408 students took the exam (38% of total sample – largest, by far, of all campuses).
All students received some form of incentive though method varied
Not true with all other CSU campuses

4. Average Performance All CSU SDSU Mean 39.23 (49.04%) 40.2 (50.25%)
(49.04%)
40.2 (50.25%)
Median
38.97 (48.71%)
40.14 (50.18%)
High Score
68 (85.0%)
62 (77.5%)
Low Score
13 (16.25%)
14 (17.5%)

5. Comparative Statistics
CAMPUS
MEAN
#1 (Tie)
41.26
#3 SDSU
40.2 #4
38.94
#5 (Tie)
35.94

6. SDSU Subject Area Results Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area
All
Majors
Non-Majors
Marketing
61.05
67.22
59.50
MIS
59.01
91.67
57.61
Mgmt
55.75
58.38
55.04
Accounting
50.39
63.21
48.25
Business Law
50.03
Economics
49.54
Finance
40.91
51.43
37.35
Statistics
37.23

7. SDSU Longitudinal Comparisons
2007
2006
2005
2004
Mean
40.20 (50.25%)
40.08 (50.10%)
40.50 (50.63%)
Median
40.14 (50.18%)
41.62 (52.03%)
41.00 (51.25%)
High Score
62 (77.5%)
61 (76.25%)
Low Score
14 (17.5%)
21 (26.25%)
17 (21.25%)

8. SDSU Longitudinal Comparisons By Subject Area
2007
2006
2005
2004
Marketing
61.05%
63.23%
57.82%
58.25%
MIS
59.01%
60.41%
60.81%
59.64%
Mgmt
55.75%
55.20%
54.79%
54.39%
Accounting
50.39%
49.71%
51.48%
51.28%
Bus Law
50.03%
49.61%
52.54%
52.00%
Economics
49.54%
48.62%
49.63%
49.89%
Finance
40.91%
41.67%
40.60%
40.37%
Statistics
37.23%
36.66%
46.64%
45.91%