INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND PLANNING
Retention and Success Rates in Anthropology Online Courses By Eligibility in English, Reading, and Math 
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The following results are based on students who took an online Anthropology course for the first time during the Fall 2012, Spring 2013, or Fall 2013 semesters and received a letter grade or “W.” Eligibility was determined by course taking and/or placement test recommendations for the past 5 years. Students without course results or placement records were excluded. Table 1) Relationship between Eligibility in ENGLISH and Online Anthropology Performance N Retention Success GPA Eligible for Transfer‐level English 211 79.1% 57.8% 2.28 One/Two levels below* 26 69.2% 30.8% 1.28 Table 2) Relationship between Eligibility in READING and Online Anthropology Performance N Retention Success GPA Eligible for Transfer‐level Reading 159 78.0% 56.6% 2.33 One level below 36 80.6% 47.2% 1.69 Two/Three levels below* 15 86.7% 40.0% 1.31 Table 3) Relationship between Eligibility in MATH and Online Anthropology Performance N Retention Success GPA Eligible for Transfer‐level Math 73 89.0% 67.1% 2.52 One level below 55 81.8% 67.3% 2.51 Two levels below 66 66.7% 37.9% 1.61 Three/Four levels below 36 77.8% 41.6% 1.75 *Note: These levels were combined due to very small cell sizes. Prepared by: Noelle Banuelos on May 14, 2014. Data Source: Banner/Cognos INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND PLANNING
Retention and Success Rates in Anthropology By Eligibility in English, Reading, and Math 
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
The following results are based on students who took a classroom‐based Anthropology course for the first time during the Fall 2012, Spring 2013, or Fall 2013 semesters and received a letter grade or “W.” Eligibility was determined by course taking and/or placement test recommendations for the past 5 years. Students without course results or placement records were excluded. Table 1) Relationship between Eligibility in ENGLISH and Anthropology Performance N Retention Success Eligible for Transfer‐level English 936 91.3% 69.6% One level below 101 87.1% 50.5% Two levels below 25 72.0% 24.0% Table 2) Relationship between Eligibility in READING and Anthropology Performance N Retention Success Eligible for Transfer‐level Reading 674 90.5% 71.1% One level below 187 92.0% 64.7% Two levels below 103 89.3% 42.7% Three levels below 25 72.0% 32.0% Table 3) Relationship between Eligibility in MATH and Anthropology Performance N Retention Success Eligible for Transfer‐level Math 325 93.8% 81.5% One level below 325 91.1% 69.2% Two levels below 247 89.1% 61.5% Three levels below 123 82.9% 41.5% Four levels below 26 88.5% 26.9% Prepared by: Noelle Banuelos on February 6, 2014. Data Source: Banner/Cognos GPA 2.43 1.84 0.94 GPA 2.59 2.06 1.36 1.39 GPA 2.93 2.35 2.02 1.64 0.91 STUDENTS DROPPING (BEFORE SECOND CENSUS) ONLINE COURSES
IN BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION
Table 1) Courses Dropped by Type: BSS Division (2011-2012 Academic Year)
Course Dropped
Yes
SCHEDULE
_TYPE_DE
SC
Cooperative Work
Experience
Directed Study
Hybrid (Web & On
Campus)
Lab
Lecture
Lecture/Lab
Virtual College
Total
Count
% within SCHEDULE_TYPE_DESC
Count
% within SCHEDULE_TYPE_DESC
Count
% within SCHEDULE_TYPE_DESC
Count
% within SCHEDULE_TYPE_DESC
Count
% within SCHEDULE_TYPE_DESC
Count
% within SCHEDULE_TYPE_DESC
Count
% within SCHEDULE_TYPE_DESC
Count
6
28.6%
0
0.00%
114
36.0%
51
21.8%
6251
25.5%
46
20.2%
2992
34.5%
9460
% within SCHEDULE_TYPE_DESC
27.9%
No
15
71.4%
1
100.0%
203
64.0%
183
78.2%
18239
74.5%
182
79.8%
5674
65.5%
24497
Total
21
100.0%
1
100.0%
317
100.0%
234
100.0%
24490
100.0%
228
100.0%
8666
100.0%
33957
72.1% 100.0%
Dropping Online BSS Courses: 1
Table 2) Online Course Grades & Drops (2011-2012
Academic Year)
Course Record
Letter
Grade
Withdrew
Dropped
Total
Count
% within SUBJECT
Count
% within SUBJECT
Count
% within SUBJECT
Count
% within SUBJECT
BSS
4821
53.7%
1056
11.8%
3106
34.6%
8983
100.0%
ANTH
ANTH101
399
45.2%
170
19.3%
313
35.5%
882
100.0%
110
30.9%
117
32.9%
129
36.2%
356
100.0%
Table 3) Students who Dropped at Least 1 BSS-Online Course (per Term)
DropDropped
BSSDropped #_OnlineCo _OnlineC
Online
#_Courses _Courses urses_Ter ourses_T
per
_Term
_Term
m
erm
Term
N
Valid
2482
2482
2482
2482
2482
Missing
0
0
0
0
0
Mean
4.58
2.57
2.51
1.65
1.25
Median
4.00
2.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
Mode
3
1
1
1
1
Std. Deviation
2.803
2.132
1.936
1.395
.592
Dropping Online BSS Courses: 2
Table 4) Online Courses Enrolled & Dropped by Term: BSS Division (2011-2012 Academic Year)
Online BSS Courses Dropped per Term
0
1
2
3
4
5
Online BSS 1
Count
2962
1424
0
0
0
0
Courses
% within Enrolled
67.5%
32.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Enrolled
2
Count
668
397
246
0
0
0
per Term
% within Enrolled
51.0%
30.3%
18.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3
Count
141
139
76
58
0
0
% within Enrolled
34.1%
33.6%
18.4%
14.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4
Count
23
38
28
15
12
0
% within Enrolled
19.8%
32.8%
24.1%
12.9%
10.3%
0.0%
5
Count
1
9
3
10
10
2
% within Enrolled
2.9%
25.7%
8.6%
28.6%
28.6%
5.7%
6
Count
0
2
6
0
1
0
% within Enrolled
0.0%
16.7%
50.0%
0.0%
8.3%
0.0%
7
Count
0
0
1
0
0
1
% within Enrolled
0.0%
0.0%
50.0%
0.0%
0.0%
50.0%
8
Count
0
0
0
1
0
0
% within Enrolled
0.0%
0.0%
0.0% 100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
Count
3795
2009
360
84
23
3
% within Enrolled
60.5%
32.0%
5.7%
1.3%
0.4%
0.0%
6
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
3
25.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
3
0.0%
Total
4386
100.0%
1311
100.0%
414
100.0%
116
100.0%
35
100.0%
12
100.0%
2
100.0%
1
100.0%
6277
100.0%
% of
Enrollments
69.9%
20.9%
6.6%
1.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
Median
Dropping Online BSS Courses: 3
Table 5) Courses Dropped by Ethnicity & Type: BSS Division (2011-2012 Academic Year)
Course_Type
Other
Ethnicity_Code
Not Reported Dropped
Total
Black NonHispanic
Dropped
Total
Am. Indian or
Alaskan
Native
Dropped
Asian or
Pacific
Islander
Dropped
Hispanic
Dropped
Total
Total
Total
White NonHispanic
Dropped
Total
Other
Dropped
Total
Total
Dropped
Total
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Lecture
and/or
Lab
9
47.4%
19
3
17.6%
17
100.0%
3
60.0%
5
100.0%
6
27.3%
22
100.0%
100.0%
3
30.0%
10
100.0%
65
25.1%
259
100.0%
5112
24.9%
20510
100.0%
52
19.5%
266
100.0%
1102
28.3%
3888
100.0%
6343
25.4%
24952
100.0%
Web or
Hybrid
Total
0
100.0%
1
100.0%
10
29.4%
34
100.0%
5
41.7%
12
100.0%
33
45.2%
73
100.0%
2080
35.4%
5879
100.0%
33
27.3%
121
100.0%
945
33.0%
2863
100.0%
3106
34.6%
8983
100.0%
0
100.0%
1
100.0%
19
35.8%
53
100.0%
8
36.4%
22
100.0%
98
29.5%
332
100.0%
7195
27.2%
26406
100.0%
85
22.0%
387
100.0%
2050
30.3%
6756
100.0%
9455
27.8%
33957
100.0%
Dropping Online BSS Courses: 4
Table 6) Courses Dropped by Gender & Type: BSS Division (2011-2012 Academic Year)
Course_Type
Other
Female
Dropped
No
Yes
Total
Male
Dropped
No
Yes
Total
Not
Reported
Dropped
No
Yes
Total
Total
Dropped
No
Yes
Web or
Hybrid
Total
3738
64.8%
2030
35.2%
5768
100.0%
2116
66.5%
1067
33.5%
3183
100.0%
23
71.9%
9
28.1%
32
100.0%
5877
14514
70.8%
5972
29.2%
20486
100.0%
9910
74.1%
3468
25.9%
13378
100.0%
73
78.5%
20
21.5%
93
100.0%
24497
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
% within Course_Type
Count
13
81.3%
3
18.8%
16
100.0%
3
50.0%
3
50.0%
6
100.0%
16
10763
73.2%
3939
26.8%
14702
100.0%
7791
76.5%
2398
23.5%
10189
100.0%
50
82.0%
11
18.0%
61
100.0%
18604
% within Course_Type
72.7%
74.6%
65.4%
72.1%
6
6348
3106
9460
27.3%
25.4%
34.6%
27.9%
22
24952
8983
33957
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Count
% within Course_Type
Total
Lecture
and/or
Lab
Count
% within Course_Type
Dropping Online BSS Courses: 5
Table 7) Online Courses Dropped by Age Group: BSS Division
(2011-2012 Academic Year)
Dropped
No
Yes
Total
AgeGroup 15-17 Count
32
15
47
% within AgeGroup
68.1%
31.9% 100.0%
18-20 Count
1435
790
2225
% within AgeGroup
64.5%
35.5% 100.0%
21-30 Count
3420
1769
5189
% within AgeGroup
65.9%
34.1% 100.0%
31-40 Count
688
371
1059
% within AgeGroup
65.0%
35.0% 100.0%
41-50 Count
224
122
346
% within AgeGroup
64.7%
35.3% 100.0%
51+
Count
78
39
117
% within AgeGroup
66.7%
33.3% 100.0%
Total
Count
5877
3106
8983
% within AgeGroup
65.4%
34.6% 100.0%
Table 8) Online Courses Dropped by Student Population: BSS Division (2011-2012
Academic Year)
Dropped
No
Yes
STUDENT Continuing
Count
2703
1511
_POPULA Student
% within STUDENT_POPULATION_DESC
64.1%
35.9%
TION_DE First Time
Count
617
386
SC
Student
% within STUDENT_POPULATION_DESC
61.5%
38.5%
First Time
Count
1456
672
Transfer
% within STUDENT_POPULATION_DESC
68.4%
31.6%
Not
Count
68
16
Applicable
% within STUDENT_POPULATION_DESC
81.0%
19.0%
(HS)
Returning Rio Count
1019
514
Hondo
% within STUDENT_POPULATION_DESC
66.5%
33.5%
Student
Uncollected/
Count
14
7
Unreported
% within STUDENT_POPULATION_DESC
66.7%
33.3%
Total
Count
5877
3106
% within STUDENT_POPULATION_DESC
65.4%
34.6%
Total
4214
100.0%
1003
100.0%
2128
100.0%
84
100.0%
1533
100.0%
21
100.0%
8983
100.0%
Dropping Online BSS Courses: 6
Table 9) Online Courses Dropped by Educational Goal: BSS Division (2011-2012 Academic
Year)
Dropped
No
Yes
Total
EDUCATIONAL (Blank)
Count
13
7
20
_GOAL_DESC
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
65.0% 35.0% 100.0%
2-yr Associate
Count
326
182
508
Degree
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
64.2% 35.8% 100.0%
2-yr Vocational
Count
58
36
94
Degree
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
61.7% 38.3% 100.0%
4yr College
Count
699
292
991
student
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
70.5% 29.5% 100.0%
concurrent
Adv
Count
123
60
183
Career/update
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
67.2% 32.8% 100.0%
job skills
Associate &
Count
2432
1304
3736
Transfer to 4-yr
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
65.1% 34.9% 100.0%
Credits for HS
Count
42
9
51
Diploma/GED
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
82.4% 17.6% 100.0%
Discovery/Career
Count
102
62
164
interest
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
62.2% 37.8% 100.0%
Educational
Count
116
52
168
Development
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
69.0% 31.0% 100.0%
Improve Basic
Count
27
16
43
Skills
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
62.8% 37.2% 100.0%
Maintain
Count
80
47
127
Certificate/License % within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
63.0% 37.0% 100.0%
Prep for new
Count
152
89
241
career/job skills
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
63.1% 36.9% 100.0%
Transfer to 4-yr
Count
934
543
1477
w/o Assoc
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
63.2% 36.8% 100.0%
Uncollected/
Count
66
19
85
Unreported
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
77.6% 22.4% 100.0%
Undecided on
Count
630
339
969
Goal
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
65.0% 35.0% 100.0%
Vocational
Count
77
49
126
Certificate
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
61.1% 38.9% 100.0%
Total
Count
5877
3106
8983
% within EDUCATIONAL_GOAL_DESC
65.4% 34.6% 100.0%
Dropping Online BSS Courses: 7
Table 10) Online Courses Dropped by Financial Aid Status: RHC (2011-2012
Academic Year)
FinAid_Recipient
Dropped_Online_sum
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Count
% within FinAid_Recipient
Count
% within FinAid_Recipient
Count
% within FinAid_Recipient
Count
% within FinAid_Recipient
Count
% within FinAid_Recipient
Count
% within FinAid_Recipient
Count
% within FinAid_Recipient
Count
% within FinAid_Recipient
No
6374
88.23%
696
9.63%
123
1.70%
22
0.30%
7
0.10%
2
0.03%
0
0.00%
7224
Yes
11130
87.21%
1313
10.29%
237
1.86%
62
0.49%
16
0.13%
1
0.01%
3
0.02%
12762
Total
17504
87.58%
2009
10.05%
360
1.80%
84
0.42%
23
0.12%
3
0.02%
3
0.02%
19986
100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Prepared by James Sass on August 2, 2012
Data Source: Banner/Cognos
Dropping Online BSS Courses: 8
NSTITUT I O N AL
ESEARCH AN D
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NEW RIO HONDO COLLEGE STUDENTS TAKING ONLINE CLASSES ONLY
Overview
The following tables respond to issues in the following question: “How many students in the Fall 2012
term are completely new to Rio Hondo and are taking all of their classes online?” Because currentsemester records in Banner do not include Units Attempted, Tables 2 and 3 are included to provide data
for Spring 2012. The three tables include two types of first-time students: RHC students in their first
semester of college and students in their first semester at RHC after transferring from another college.
Table 1) First-Time RHC Students Taking Online Courses Only
(by Classes): Fall 2012
Number of Classes
Attempted
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
First-Time
College Students
76
44
31
53
13
8
4
1
1
0
First-Time RHC
Transfer Students
134
68
48
32
19
4
5
1
2
1
Total
Median # of Classes
231
2
314
2
Total
210
112
79
85
32
12
9
2
3
1
545
2
Table 2) First-Time RHC Students Taking Online Courses Only
(by Classes): Spring 2012
Number of Classes
Attempted
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
First-Time
College Students
48
29
15
23
9
2
0
First-Time RHC
Transfer Students
195
96
26
46
7
4
5
Total
Median # of Classes
126
2
379
1
Total
243
125
41
69
16
6
5
505
2
New RHC Students with Online Classes Only: 1
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Table 3) First-Time RHC Students Taking Online Courses Only
(by Units): Spring 2012
Number of Units
First-Time
First-Time RHC
Total
Attempted
College Students Transfer Students
1.00
8
8
16
2.00
2
2
4
3.00
36
158
194
3.50
2
3
5
4.00
8
35
43
5.00
3
1
4
6.00
22
83
105
6.50
1
0
1
7.00
5
8
13
8.00
0
1
1
9.00
10
21
31
9.50
0
1
1
10.00
1
5
6
10.50
1
0
1
12.00
18
37
55
12.50
1
0
1
13.00
1
6
7
14.00
0
2
2
15.00
6
4
10
16.00
0
2
2
18.00
1
2
3
Total
Median # of Units
126
6
379
4
505
4
Interpretation
The data indicate that a relatively small proportion of RHC students are new to the college and taking all
of their classes online. The majority of these students are first-time RHC transfers rather than first-time
college students. Also, most of the online-only, first-time students take only one or two classes per
semester. A total of 80 first-time students (27 new college students and 53 new transfer students) took
a full-time course load via online classes only in Spring 2012.
Prepared by James Sass on December 6, 2012.
Data Source: Banner/Cognos
New RHC Students with Online Classes Only: 2
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STUDENTS WITH 0.0 SEMESTER GPA DUE TO PASSING
ONLY PASS/NO-PASS CLASSES (SUCH AS BASIC SKILLS)
Table 1) Students with 0.0 Semester GPA
Passing Only Basic Skills Classes
Semester
Basic Skills
Units Passed
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
1.00
2
1
1.50
6
3
3.00
16
21
3.50
20
22
4.00
4
7
6.00
4
0
6.50
4
0
7.00
3
8
8.00
1
1
9.00
4
0
9.50
0
1
Total
64
64
Table 2) Number of Units Passed in All Classes by
Students with 0.0 Semester GPA: Fall 2011
Total Units Passed
per Semester
.00
.50-5.50
6.00-8.50
9.00-12.00
Total
Count
1525
239
33
5
1802
Percentage among
Students with 0.0 GPA
84.6%
13.3%
1.8%
0.3%
100.0%
Units Passed by Students with 0.0 Semester GPA: 1
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Table 3) Number of Units Passed in All Classes by
Students with 0.0 Semester GPA: Spring 2012
Total Units Passed
per Semester
.00
.50-5.50
6.00-8.50
9.00-12.00
Total
Count
1494
252
26
3
1775
Percentage among
Students with 0.0 GPA
84.2%
14.2%
1.5%
0.2%
100.0%
Prepared by James Sass on December 11, 2012.
Data Source: Banner/Cognos
Units Passed by Students with 0.0 Semester GPA: 2
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RETENTION AND SUCCESS RATES FOR ANTH110 AND SOC110
Table 1) Retention Rates
Fall
Spring
Course
2009
2010
ANTH110
88%
80%
SOC110
87%
88%
Fall
2010
78%
93%
Spring
2011
92%
91%
Fall
2011
82%
88%
Spring
2012
85%
94%
Table 2) Success Rates
Fall
Spring
Course
2009
2010
ANTH110
62%
75%
SOC110
60%
59%
Fall
2010
53%
63%
Spring
2011
59%
67%
Fall
2011
63%
61%
Spring
2012
64%
64%
Total
84%
91%
Total
62%
63%
Table 3) Comparison of Actual and Expected Counts for Retention
ANTH110
SOC110
Total
Actual Count
Expected Count
Actual Count
Expected Count
Actual Count
Expected Count
Retention
No
Yes
73
393
58.3
407.7
42
411
56.7
396.3
115
804
115.0
804.0
Total
466
466.0
453
453.0
919
919.0
Table 4) Comparison of Actual and Expected Counts for Success
Success
No
ANTH110
SOC110
Total
Actual Count
Expected Count
Actual Count
Expected Count
Actual Count
Expected Count
179
176.0
168
171.0
347
347.0
Yes
287
290.0
285
282.0
572
572.0
Total
466
466.0
453
453.0
919
919.0
Retention Rate & Instructor-Initiated Withdrawal: 1
NSTITUT I O N AL
ESEARCH AN D
LAN N I NG
Table 5) Pearson Chi-Square Test of Independence
Degrees of
Significance
Phi
Relationship
X2 Value
Freedom
Level
(Association)
8.577
1
.003
Retention by Course
0.097
.172
1
.678
Success by Course
0.014
Interpretation
Table 1 presents a 7% difference in Retention Rate between ANTH110 and SOCI110; Table 2 presents a
1% difference in Success Rate. Tables 3 and 4 provide comparisons between the actual and
mathematically expected figures for Retention and Success. (These comparisons are the basis for the
chi-square test.) Table 5 indicates a statistically significant difference in Retention between the courses.
SOC110 has a higher Retention Rate and the difference is statistically significant. The strength of
association between Course and Retention is 0.097. This is slightly below 0.1, which is generally
considered a “small” association. Table 5 does not indicate a relationship between Course and Success.
There is a statistically significant difference in Retention Rate between these ANTH110 and SOCI110
classes, but it is not necessarily a causal relationship. Questions to consider when interpreting the data
include the following:
 Are there demographic differences between students in the two courses that might contribute to
differences in Retention Rate?
 Are there academic differences between students who enroll in the two courses (e.g., major, GPA,
previous coursework) that might contribute to differences in Retention Rate?
 Are there differences in grading patterns between the two courses that might contribute to
differences in Retention Rate?
 What percentage of Withdrawals in ANTH110 is initiated by the instructor?
Prepared by James Sass on November 13, 2012.
Data Source: Banner/Cognos
Retention Rate & Instructor-Initiated Withdrawal: 2