ARTICLE
ABSTRACT
Significant demographic phenomena can be observed in Poland – the number of school age population is decreasing. It affects higher education since the immediate effect of demographic changes is the drop in the number of students. The analysis of the level of future students’ knowledge also remains an important aspect of the problem. The purpose of the article is to compare the level of knowledge presented by students at the subsequent stages of education in the period 2009-2015. The research covers the average exam results received on graduation from the second, third and fourth stage of education. Functional principal component analysis, which is based on functional data, will be applied in the study. This method allows an analysis of dynamic data.
KEYWORDS
level of knowledge, functional data, functional principal component analysis, longitudinal data.
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