The purpose of this research was to study and compare the academic achievement of current athletes to matched nonathletes and former athletes. Comparisons of the current athletes, within their sport teams and by their sex, were also conducted. / College transcripts were analyzed for a total of 1,033 subjects to determine the number of hours attempted and passed in Basic Studies, major fields of study, and overall. Accumulative and yearly GPAs, yearly and transfer credits, length of time in school, and attrition rates were also calculated for each subject. The transcripts of all athletes were additionally analyzed to determine the extent of their academic achievement during their seasons of sport. When available, the high school GPAs and SAT scores were used in covariant analyses. / The SPSS computer programs for analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, one-way analysis of variance with an LSD post-hoc test and the Student's t-test were utilized to analyze the data. Fourteen null hypotheses were tested for statistical differences. / The results indicated no significant differences in the academic progress of current athletes and matched nonathletes. Current female athletes had significantly higher GPAs than their male counterparts. The current athletes on the various sports teams differed significantly in their patterns of course work, but showed no differences in their GPAs. Former athletes were scholastically superior to the current athletes on most variables studied. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-10, Section: A, page: 4354. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74617 |
| Contributors | RENWICK, DONN CLARK., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 136 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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