Passion and Perserverance: GRIT in Accounting

Abstract

The primary purpose of this project is to examine the relationship of an individual student’s Grit score with his or her raw exam scores in an upper-level division accounting course. Each Grit score is measured based on an evaluation of results from surveys distributed to accounting students at Middle Tennessee State University. The exam scores of each student were collected to compare to the Grit score. This information shows a positive linear relationship between students’ Grit scores and raw exam scores. Students majoring in accounting will be able to use this information to understand that highperforming accounting students in upper-level accounting courses have higher Grit scores.