Results of Research Study

 
 
 
 
This chapter of the study reports the findings of all conducted analyses. Findings are reported in terms of their relevance for program type, first-year program effectiveness, and second-year program effectiveness. In addition, findings are discussed in terms of whether or not they supported the study's research hypotheses.

This chapter presents the findings observed through analyses conducted of collected data. In order to expedite understanding two preliminary points are mentioned concerning the data. First, it should be noted that 20 of the 27 colleges returned completed questionnaires for a response rate of 74 percent. According to Borg and Gall (1977), any response rate over 60 percent may be considered sufficiently high so that data are representative. Thus, this response rate may be considered acceptable.

The second point concerns the analyses conducted to compare data collected prior to the implementation of the retention program with data collected two years after the implementation of the retention program. Only 8 of the 20 responding colleges had retention programs that had been in place long enough so that they had collected two years worth of after-program data. Thus, analyses conducted at the two year level, only covers this small sample.

The study was designed to obtain sufficient information about the different types of retention programs in use to answer several research questions and to test several


     
 
 
 
    

 

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different from attrition rates observed for college students overall during the first year of the operation of the retention program." The third hypothesis was not supported by findings that showed first year attrition rates for students overall were significantly lower than their attrition rates prior to the implementation of retention programs. Hypothesis Four The study's fourth null hypothesis was as follows: "Attrition rates observed or college students overall will not be significantly different from attrition rates observed for college students overall during the second year of the operation of retention programs." This null hypothesis was not supported. The findings revealed that second year attrition rates for college students overall were significantly lower than their attrition rates prior to the operation of retention programs. Supplemental Analyses Related To Hypotheses One additional point that needs to be mentioned concerning hypotheses is related to the operation of the program over the first and second year. No hypothesis was formulated regarding first and second year attrition rates. However, a comparative analysis was performed comparing attrition rates of newly entering freshmen and for college student

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