The Impact of Library Resource Utilization on Undergraduate Students’ Academic Performance: A Propensity Score Matching Design
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Date
2015-07
Authors
Chiteng Kot, Felly
Jones, Jennifer L.
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College and Research Libraries
Abstract
This study uses three cohorts of first-time, full-time undergraduate students (N=8,652) at a large, metropolitan, public research university to examine the impact of student use of three library resources (workstations, study rooms, and research clinics) on academic performance. To deal with self-selection bias and estimate this impact more accurately, we used propensity score matching. Using this unique approach allowed us to construct treatment and control groups with similar background characteristics. We found that using a given library resource was associated with a small, but also meaningful, gain in first-term grade point average, net of other factors.
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undergraduate students, рабочее место, учебный зал, исследовательские клиники
Citation
Chiteng Kot Felly and Jones Jennifer L., 2015(July), The Impact of Library Resource Utilization on Undergraduate Students’ Academic Performance: A Propensity Score Matching Design, College and Research Libraries