DESEMPENHO NAS DISCIPLINAS DE MATEMÁTICA, ESTATÍSTICA E MÉTODOS QUANTITATIVOS NO CURSO DE CIÊNCIAS CONTÁBEIS

Academic performance is widely considered one of the main predictors of a university’s success, especially when observing subjects that are of paramount importance in the training process, such as Mathematics, Statistics and Quantitative Methods. In this line, this research aimed to identify the relationship of factors related to individual characteristics and attitudes in academic performance in the disciplines of Mathematics, Statistics and Quantitative Methods, taught in the Accounting Sciences course at the Federal University of Uberlândia, campus Pontal. The research was carried out through a survey, with the application of printed questionnaires, obtaining 75 valid answers. The data analysis was developed considering the estimation of the logistic regression model, for which the Stata software was used. Through the estimated regression model, it was found that the elements referring to age and marital status are related to a higher probability of failure, that is, lower performance, while the workday, frequency, participation in classes and dedication time to extra-class studies indicate chance of obtaining higher performance or failing. These findings contribute to the flow of research that seeks to explain the determining factors of academic performance, as well as to the context of practice in the school environment in the search for the adoption of strategies that leverage performance.