1. Business Assessment Test Results
San Diego State University
2010

2. General Method 80 Multiple Choice Qs covering all business topics
Administered to 1,939 test takers on 7 CSU campuses during the Academic Year
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 in years since 2007 are 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.
Efforts in Fall 2009 replaced some questions in Finance & Statistics
Efforts underway in 2010 to completely overhaul the exam producing a new and improved, more valid and comprehensive test.

3. SDSU Method
Exam administered in almost all Spring sections of MGT 405, during regular class time
526 students took the exam (27.1% of total sample – largest of all campuses).
This included 402 in Spring 2010 & 124 in Fall 2009*.
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 reverted to “No Calculators Allowed”
* One section took the test in Fall 2009 as part of a Closing the Loop pilot project.

4. Average Performance
All CSU
SDSU
Mean (Adjusted)
52.86%
56.41%

5. Comparative Statistics
CAMPUS
MEAN
#1 San Diego
56.4% #2
53.1% #3
53.0% #4
52.9% #5
50.8% #6
50.7% #7
47.1%

6. Subject Area Results – SDSU vs
Subject Area Results – SDSU vs. all CSU Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area (all scores are adjusted to omit 22 questions)
All SDSU
All CSU
Marketing
76.68
70.46
Management
68.44
66.42
MIS
62.48
62.30
Economics
54.90
50.97
Accounting
53.87
52.68
Business Law
49.76
47.88
Finance
44.57
42.51
Statistics
42.30
39.26

7. SDSU Subject Area Results Percent of questions answered correctly within each subject area (all scores are adjusted to omit 22 questions)
All
Majors
Marketing
76.68
84.27
Management
68.44
72.68
MIS
62.48
84.21
Economics
54.90
Accounting
53.87
74.06
Business Law
49.76
Finance
44.57
58.50
Statistics
42.30

8. A closer look at statistics
Overall Performance: %
301 Non-Takers %
37.4% of the test takers
(FIN %, IS %, IB %)
301 Takers %
(ACC, MGT, MKT) 62.6% of the test takers
Among 301 Takers:
MKT (requires “C”) %
Others (ACC, 39.6% & MGT, 39.1%)

9. Some interesting demographic comparisons . . .
Status
Full-Time
Part-Time
Mean Score
56.1
53.8
Age
20-25
26-30
31-35
36+
Mean Score
56.1
54.5
59.2
54.3
Hrs Worked
Mean Score
0-10
56.0
11-20
55.4
21-30
57.5
31-40
54.6
> 40
53.6
Gender
Male
Female
Mean Score
57.6
53.8
Ethnicity
Mean Score
Asian
55.3
Black
56.9
Hispanic
51.6
Middle Eastern
58.0
White
57.7
Other
52.6
Status
Native
Transfer
Mean Score
56.8
55.1
Home Language
English
Other
English/Other Balanced
Mean Score
56.7
52.5
51.3

10. SDSU Longitudinal Comparisons
Year
Unadjusted Mean
Adjusted Mean
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%