An Application of IPA to Analyze Numeracy of Statistics and Mathematics of Employment-Required Knowledge of University Students

Abstract:

This study used Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) to analyze statistics and mathematics employment-required knowledge of university students.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 933)
• Pages: 774-777
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.933.774
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Hsiu Lan Ma, Chin I Jen, Szu Hsing Lin*, Der Bang Wu
• Keywords: IPA, Knowledge, Mathematics, Numeracy, Outlier, Statistics

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