Determinantes del rendimiento académico en función de características socioeconómicas y académicas de los estudiantes. Caso de estudio: titulaciones del área administrativa de la UTPL, modalidad presencial, periodo académico octubre 2018 febrero 2019

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of the research is to determine the relationship between socioeconomic, academic variables and academic performance. In addition, analyze the correlation between the dependent variables: demographic, sociocultural, previous schooling, access to ICTs, financing and labor that influence the academic performance ofuniversity students in the administrative area of the Technical University of Loja, of the classroom modality in the period October 2018 -February 2019.The research was descriptive and quantitative, with the variables selected, a multiple regression model and correlation analysis were used, models used to analyze problems in different areas of the social sciences, and that fit the problem and the objective.Information collected by the Institution was taken as a reference, where the variables for the case study could be determined, the main results obtained were that the demographic and sociocultural variables are the ones that have the highest percentage of correlation with the academic performance of the students, and the rest of the variables explainthis factor in a smaller percentage, that is, they are not very significant.