Mathematics in Education, Research and Applications (MERAA), 2017(3), 2
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Published online 2018-01-10
DOI:https://doi.org/10.15414/meraa.2017.03.02.79-84
Financial literacy of students of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Radomíra Hornyák Gregáňová, Miriam Pietriková
Article Fulltext (PDF), pp. 79–84
- In the paper we analyze with questionnaire survey which was conducted in the study subject “Basics of Insurance Mathematics” of the Faculty of Economics and Management (FEM) of the
Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA) in Nitra. Financial literacy of students is the important part of the educational process at universities in Slovak Republic. The objective of the paper
is comparison and evaluation of the financial literacy of students of FEM SUA in Nitra. The basic methods of the mathematical statistics and hypotheses testing were utilized in the assessment of the survey results.
The existence of the statistically significant relations among the acquired assessments was verified by the χ²–test. In case of dependence confirmation the intensity of assessed dependence was determined.
The survey results found out that there is the influence of specialized subjects study on the students’ perception and showed some significant interactions between studied knowledge and practical application.
- Keywords: mathematics, financial and insurance mathematics, financial literacy, questionnaire survey, hypotheses testing, χ²–test
- JEL Classification: I21, C12