An Analysis of the Academic Performance of Candidates by Gender in SSCE (NECO).

Abstract

The study seeks to determine the relationship between gender and students’ academic performance in SSCE (NECO). The purpose of the research was to determine if gender is independent of academic performance in SSCE (NECO) using the chi-square test and odds ratio. The data used for the study was collected from the Annual Statistical Abstract. The Pearson Chi-Square statistic, χ²= 41.866, and p < 0.05 indicates that the there is an association between gender and students’ academic performance. The odds ratio shows that the odds of a female student having a minimum of five credit including English and Mathematics is 0.684 as likely for the odds of a male student. Conclusively female candidates seem to be less likely in having a minimum of five credit including English and Mathematics since the odds ratio is less than 1.0.

Keywords: Academic, chi-square, gender, NECO, odds-ratio, performance, relationship

DOI: 10.7176/MTM/9-2-01