Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Opstad, Leiv"
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The 2022 WEI International Academic Conference Proceedings Vienna, AUSTRIA The West East Institute 53 Is First-Year Grade Point Average (GPA) A Good Predictor Of Success In Business Courses?
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A key requirement within higher education is to identify which factors influence academic success. The current paper investigates students’ performance at a business school in Scandinavia. This study includes around 200 ... -
Are Students' Effort in Business Courses Related to the Choice of Exam Forms?
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The exam is an important tool to measure students' skills. However, the choice of exam form also affects the way students acquire knowledge. In this study, the focus is on the link between the students' study efforts and ... -
Attitude towards mathematics among economics and business students in Norway. Is there any gender difference?
Opstad, Leiv; Årethun, Torbjørn (Chapter, 2019)The purpose of this study is to find out if there is any gender difference in attitudes to mathematics among students at the Faculty of Economics and Management, NTNU. More than 200 students from the three departments: (1) ... -
Attitudes towards multiple choice questions among business students
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The choice of assessment design in higher education has been a topic of scholarly discussion for decades. This study is from a business school in Norway. In the introductory courses, there are more than 600 students with ... -
Attitudes towards Statistics among Business Students: Do Gender, Mathematical Skills and Personal Traits Matter?
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The purpose of this article was to investigate different variables, by combining mathematical skills and personal traits using The Big Five Model, to see which have the most influence on business students’ attitudes towards ... -
Business Students' Preferences and Attitudes Toward Multiple-Choice Questions and Exam Form. Does the Big Five Matter?
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Can Multiple-Choice Questions Replace Constructed Response Test as an Exam Form in Business Courses? Evidence from a Business School
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The discussion of whether multiple-choice questions can replace the traditional exam with essays and constructed questions in introductory courses has just started in Norway. There is not an easy answer. The findings depend ... -
Can we identify the students who have success in macroeconomics depending on exam format by comparing multiple-choice test and constructed response test?
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The selection of assessment format in business schools and higher education has been a topic of consideration for many years. Currently, in Norway, there is a debate about replacing constructed response (CR) questions with ... -
The Degree of Profit Persistence in the Tourism Industry: The Case of Norwegian Campsites
Opstad, Leiv; Valenta, Robin; Idsø, Johannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: To gain more knowledge about the profit rate and whether it persists over time for campsites. Many international articles have analysed the degree of profit persistence but in other sectors than campsites.This ... -
Did Covid-19 change students’ grade assessments? A study from a business school
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)COVID-19 gave universities and colleges no choice. They had to switch to digital teaching and introduce home-based exams as a substitute for ordinary school exams. At the same time, the ambitions were to maintain the ... -
Did Home-Based Exams during COVID-19 Affect Student Ranking? A Case from a Business School
Opstad, Leiv; Pettersen, Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022) -
DIFFERENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS MATHEMATICS AMONG ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS STUDENTS AND CHOICE OF BUSINESS COURSE MAJOR IN NORWAY
Opstad, Leiv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
Different attitudes towards mathematics amongst two groups of management students: a Norwegian case study
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The purpose of the present study was to investigate management students’ attitudes towards mathematics by comparing two groups. The students in Group 1 had prior professional education (in healthcare, education, and so on) ... -
Does the weather influence where tourists want to stay in Norway?
Opstad, Leiv; Valenta, Robin; Hvidsten, Gaute; Idsø, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022) -
The Dynamics of Profitability among Salmon Farmers—A Highly Volatile and Highly Profitable Sector
Opstad, Leiv; Idsø, Johannes; Valenta, Robin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Salmon farming stands out from many other industries with its very high profitability, but it is also highly volatile. The main question is whether the profit of individual firms is stable, or whether profitable firms ... -
The Dynamics of the Profitability and Growth of Restaurants; The Case of Norway
Opstad, Leiv; Idsø, Johannes; Valenta, Robin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The restaurant industry is quite similar across borders. It is a labour-intensive industry that is important for tourism and employment. It consists mainly of many small businesses that are regionally dispersed. There are ... -
Evidence of a Threshold Size for Norwegian Campsites and Its Dynamic Growth Process Implications—Does Gibrat’s Law Hold?
Opstad, Leiv; Idsø, Johannes; Valenta, Robin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Although campsites are an important segment of the tourist sector, few applied articles have analyzed their growth path and tested Gibrat’s Law for firms within this industry. This knowledge can be of importance to the ... -
Factors Explaining Business Student Attitudes Towards Mathematics: Does Gender Still Matter?
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that can explain the attitudes of business students towards mathematics, using data from a business school in Norway. This article focusses on gender, personality traits ... -
FACTORS EXPLAINING BUSINESS STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN AN INTRODUCTORY MATHEMATICS COURSE. WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF GENDER, ACADEMIC ABILITY, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS MATHEMATICS?
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Mathematics skills are key factors for success in business studies, and for access to business degrees. It is important, therefore, to understand the determinants of mathematics scores among business students. The aim of ... -
Factors Explaining Business Students’ Success in Business Statistics: A Case from a Scandinavian Business School
Opstad, Leiv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Statistical skills are strongly linked success in business studies, especially in analyzing risk and in the financial sciences. Therefore, it is useful to acquire more knowledge about factors that can explain the grades ...