Quantitative Ability as Correlates of Students’ Academic Achievement in Secondary School Economics in Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The introduction of quantitative topics into the secondary school economicscurriculum has attracted the interest of economics educators andresearchers. This concern arose from the fact that students’ achievements in the Secondary School Certificate Economics have remained poor. It isagainst this background that this study investigated the relationship between quantitative ability (knowledge of Venn diagram; measures of central tendency; and percentage) and secondary school students’ achievement in economics. The study adopted survey research design of the ex-post facto type. A purposive sampling technique was used to select sample for this. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment correlation and multiple regression statistics. The findings revealed that that students’ knowledge of measures of central tendency made the greatest contribution to their achievement in Economics (b = .653; p