In addition to the previous variables, the study also incorporates region dummies to control for other possible factors that are region specific and may be related to dropout but are not included in the regression.
With due regard to all the above concerns, the objective of this paper is to propose a new pedagogical model for MOOCs, supported by empirical investigation of questions related to dropout rate, including the following.
As in our results, retirement status itself was significantly related to dropout in other studies [ 24, 25].
As hypothesized, stereotype confirmation concerns were related to dropout from cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder.
Those variables related to dropout status will be used to impute missing values for use in the analyses described below (via Missing Items Analysis).
At the 6-month followup assessment only, marital status was significantly related to dropout (P =.004); married women were less likely to drop out than nonmarried/nonpartnered women.
Good evidence exists that two psychological traits (high maturity fear and impulsivity) and two personality dimensions (low self-directedness, low cooperativeness) are related to dropout.
There was also good evidence that two psychological traits (high maturity fear and impulsivity) and two personality dimensions (low self-directedness and low cooperativeness) were related to dropout.
A final model has also been fitted that adds the factors that have been reported to be related to dropout from the literature to the best model from the data.
While male gender has been linked with poorer performance in medical school, (UK, US) [ 7, 9, 26, 27], data relating to dropout is conflicted - some studies found increased dropout in males (UK, Australia) [ 4, 11, 12] and others in females (US) [ 13- 16, 28].
