San Diego State University

2013

80 Multiple Choice Qs covering all business topics

Administered to 1,374 test takers on 9 CSU campuses during the 2012-2013 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

Exam administered in Spring sections of MGT 405, during regular class time, 49.3%* of all Spring 405 students took the exam.

271 students took the exam (28% of all students taking 405 in the 2012-2013 academic 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.

*In past years approximately 75% of students took the test however this year, for the first time, we were charged to administer the test. Due to this change a decision was made to administer the BAT to only half of all 405 students.

All CSU SDSUMean 54.13% 58.61%

CAMPUS MEAN

#1: San Diego 58.61%

#2 55.47%

#3 54.77%

#4 54.16%

#5 50.25%

#6 48.69%

#7 46.32%

#8 45.14%

#9 36.41%

SDSU ALL CSUEthics 94.46% 91.48%Management 75.71% 70.58%Marketing 65.72% 59.30%Information Systems 60.84% 54.23%Statistics 59.78% 52.87%Operations 59.04% 56.60%Finance 58.34% 55.68%Accounting 53.25% 48.76%Economics 48.92% 46.16%Global/International Bus

42.28% 40.86%

Business Law 40.68% 38.14%

All MajorsEthics 94.46%Management 75.71% 78.84%Marketing 65.72% 69.42%Information Systems 60.84% 82.87%Statistics 59.78%Operations 59.04%Finance 58.34% 73.37%Accounting 53.25% 69.79%Economics 48.92%Global/International Bus

42.28% 43.48%

Business Law 40.68%

Overall Performance: 59.8% 301 Non-Takers58.6%

41.1% of the test takers (FIN – 59.1%, IS – 60.4%, IB – 55.2%)

301 Takers 60.8%(ACC, MGT, MKT) 58.9% of the test takers

Among 301 Takers: MKT (requires “C”) 59.4% Others (ACC, 61.7% & MGT, 61.4%)

Status Full-Time

Part-Time

Mean Score

58.9 54.9

Gender Male FemaleMean Score

61.4 55.4

Status Native TransferMean Score

58.7 58.5

Home Language

English

Other

English/Other Equal

Mean Score 59.6 55.6 54.5

Age 20-25

26-30

31-35

36+

Mean Score

58.4 57.9 63.8 60.1Hrs

Worked

Mean Score

0-10 60.111-20 59.021-30 58.631-40 56.2

Ethnicity

Mean Score

Asian 56.3Black 61.9Hispanic

54.4

White 61.1

Year Revised Test Mean

Unadjusted Mean

Adjusted Mean

2013 58.61%

2012 58.93%

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 50.25%

2004 50.63%