Researchers have made significant progress in understanding human cognitive learning styles, which refer typically to a single capability or preference that possibly enhances learning in some situations and in others hinders learning. Sums up further research should be encouraged to identify the students to become more successful in online courses in the future.

AppendixConfirmation Bias is a common problem for decision makers in organizations as well as in society-at-large. Causes include attribution error, optimism bias, primacy effect, anchoring, and self-serving bias. Collectively these have a negative impact on the accuracy and quality of decision-making. This study replicates initial work on confirmation bias conducted by Wason in the l960s but focuses on a sample of business students rather than the general public. A total of one hundred thirty students were presented with a sequence of numbers that 'follow a pattern or rule'. Participants were asked to give other examples that follow the same rule and then to describe the rule. Participantswere then asked to identify their level of confidence that they had in fact uncovered the rule. One hundred seventeen out of one hundred thirty students incorrectly identified the rule yet expressed a confidence level exceeding 88%. The confidence level for the thirteen students identifying the correct rule was only 54.3%. The research suggests that business educators may need to focus on critical thinking and teaching skills such as 'devil's advocate' that will help improve analytical reasoning and reduce the tendency toward confirmation bias among future business leaders.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.6in 0pt 0.5in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Prior research on the personality types of CPAs has focused on which personality types were most attracted to national or local public accounting firms. P<span style="color: black;">revious studies indicate </span>that national-firm CPAs are twice as likely to be extraverts whereas local-firm CPAs are twice as likely to be introverts. No prior studies have evaluated the extraversion-introversion personality types of those who first started with a national firm before working for a local firm. This study postulates that for extraversion-introversion, CPAs who worked for a national firm before working for a local firm are statistically similar to those who have only worked for a local firm and statistically different from those who have only worked for a national firm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>With respect to extraversion-introversion for those who first started work for a national firm before working for a local CPA firm, this study supports the hypothesis that they would be different from those who had only worked for a national firm and does not support their similarity with those who had only worked for a local CPA firm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></p>