Old wine in a new wineskin: college choice, college access using agent-based modeling

Authors:
Leslie Henrickson
Affiliations:
University of California, Los Angeles
Venue:
Social Science Computer Review - Computer-based methods: State of the art
Year:
2002

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Abstract

An agent-based model is developed and demonstrated to be a feasible alternative method of analysis for the college choice/college access problem in higher education. The agent-based model captures agent heterogeneity and complex agent interactions in ways that cannot be accounted for through traditional statistical techniques. The agent-based model computer output was based on Patricia McDonough's research using Pierre Bourdieu's sociological theoretical framework.