Research on the Interaction of Statistics with the Courses in Business Administration Curriculum with Using Path Analysis

This study aims to figure out the status and effect of statistics in the interaction system of courses of business administration curriculum. effective investigation of both the interaction system and strength of effect is only possible by solving a model composed of numerous sub-models. among various methods in literature which can do such an analysis, path analysis is chosen in this study. in path analysis, path model defined by the researcher is investigated. path model can be displayed not only with equations but also with path diagrams which are more visual and easily understandable. path analysis provides to figure out which variables have the most powerful interaction with the dependent variable, how the relationship begins, and evaluation of relative effect of each variable. moreover path diagrams is very useful in determination and display of complex relations among variables. data set of the study consists of the grades of students who enrolled and graduated from the department of business administration of ataturk university between 2000-2007 academic years. this study will present the effect of statistics course on the success of other courses in curriculum and by this way, the effect of statistics course on all the courses in curriculum will be depicted.