Effects of Business Mathematics on students’ performance in Financial Accounting in Federal College of Education, North Central States of Nigeria.
Odewumi, Adenike Seyi
Department of Business Education
Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State
Email: nikeriro@gmail.com
Abstract:
This study assessed the “Effects of Business Mathematics Grades on Students Performance in Financial Accounting in Federal Colleges of Education in North Central States of Nigeria”. Three specific objectives were raised and 3 research questions were set to guide the study while the same number of hypotheses were formulated and analysed at 0.05 level of significance. Ex post facto research design was adopted and the population for the study comprised of 445 in 3 Federal Colleges of Education in North Central States of Nigeria. The sampled size consisted three hundred and twenty-seven (327) that obtained at least a pass in Business Mathematics. The study used students’ profile of 2010-2011 in Business Mathematics and 2011-2012 of Financial Accounting. The data collected were analysed using frequencies, percentages and mean for the research questions. The data was analyzed using SPSS Statistics version 17.0 where P-value approach, short for probability. Paired sample t-test was used to test null hypotheses. The study revealed that both a pass and credit and above grades in Business Mathematics in NCE I have effect on students’ performance in Financial Accounting in NCE II. With the conclusion that performance in Business Mathematics has significant effect on Financial Accounting, it was recommended among others that a pass in Business Mathematics should be required as prerequisite for students’ enrolment into Financial Accounting in Colleges of Education to curtail observable poor performances in the course.
Keywords: Mathematics, Accounting and Financial Accounting.
