Second, this study focuses on business students, and in turn it excludes students of other colleges (e.g. First, the findings of the study are based on data from only one private university. Research limitations/implications – There are a number of limitations associated with this study. The results of one‐way ANOVA and independent‐samples t ‐test suggested that the performance of undergraduate business students in introductory quantitative methods courses differs significantly across business majors (except for QM for Business), nationality, high school major (except for QM for Business), gender and age.
The results also showed significant correlations among quantitative courses' QP and overall grade point average (GPA). 2) and Quantitative Methods (QM) for Business were slightly below 3. Findings – The results generated revealed that the means of quality points (QP) for Business Statistics‐1 (Stat. The study relied on one‐way ANOVA, independent‐samples t ‐test, and correlation to analyse the data collected. Descriptive statistics were used to present the main characteristics of the participants. Design/methodology/approach – A random sample of 250 students drawn from the Faculty of Business Administration was chosen. It also examines the impact of a number of academic and demographic factors pertinent to the performance of the business students in the courses concerned. Purpose – The paper aims to explore the academic performance (measured by quality points (QP)) of undergraduate business students in introductory courses of quantitative methods at a private university in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Predicting the performance of undergraduate business students in introductory quantitative methods courses The case of a private university in the UAE Predicting the performance of undergraduate business students in introductory quantitative.