Global and Local Regression Analysis of Factors of American College Test (ACT) Score for Public High Schools in the State of Missouri

• Published in: Annals of the Association of American Geographers Vol. 101; no. 1; pp. 63 - 83
• Main Authors: Qiu, Xiaomin, Wu, Shuo-sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2011; Association of American Geographers; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Academic achievement; ACT; ACT assessment; America; American College Test; Bgi / Prodig; Education systems; Family income; geographically weighted regression; global regression; High school students; High schools; local regression; Methods, Models, and GIS; Metropolitan areas; Missouri; Modeling; mínimos cuadrados ordinarios; mínimos cuadrados ponderados; ordinary least squares; Parent's education; Prueba de Ingreso a la Universidad; regresión geográficamente ponderada; regresión global; regresión local; Regression analysis; Regression coefficients; School districts; School environment; Secondary schools; Standardized tests; Statistical methods; Teachers; U.S.A; United States of America; weighted least squares; West North Central; 全局回归; 加权最小二乘; 地理加权回归; 局部回归; 普通最小二乘法; 美国大学入学考试（ACT）; United States of America; Missouri; Higher education; Education; Secondary education; Test; Neighbourhood; Multivariate analysis; Spatial variation; Applied geography

This study aims to improve the conceptual understanding of the interrelationships among individual-level and school-level factors of academic performance by presenting a context-based conceptual framework of academic performance and articulating relationships among the factors. In addition, this stu...