Date
11-13-2024
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EdD)
Chair
Michael Shenkle
Keywords
Linear Regression Analysis, Archived Data, Archival Data, Homeless Students, High School Graduation, Oklahoma Homeless High School Students Graduation
Disciplines
Education
Recommended Citation
Wiggs, Michelle Lee, "The Predictive Relationship Between the Percentage of High School Students Experiencing Homelessness and On-Time Graduation" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 6145.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/6145
Abstract
The purpose of this predictive correlational study was to determine how accurately the percentage of students in Oklahoma high schools who graduate on-time be predicted by the percentage of those students who experienced homelessness during their four years of high school. The theoretical framework for this study came from Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, resiliency theory, and grit theory. A bivariate linear regression analysis was conducted to examine predictive relationships between the criterion variable, percentage of students who graduated from high school on-time of Oklahoma high school students, and the predictor variable, percentage of youth experiencing homelessness (YEH). Archival data from Oklahoma State Department of Education (OKSDE) public records was collected from the OKSDE website and through open records requests (ORRs). Data collected included graduation percentages for homeless and non-homeless students and enrollment data for homeless and non-homeless twelfth grade students originally from 66 public high schools in Oklahoma. The analysis revealed that there was not a statistically significant predictive relationship between students who experience homelessness and on-time high school graduation. Further research opportunities presented during this study to examine the theories of resiliency and grit, as each may contribute in some way to successful on-time high school graduation for these students.
