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Testing hypotheses I have some hypotheses about ethnicity and educational attainment. For each one, decide whether it is true or false Then look at the evidence and test the hypothesis FALSE TRUE Take on the teacher If more of you guess right than wrong, then you win a point, if not, then I do.

Chinese students do better at GCSE than all the others

Girls out perform boys, regardless of ethnicity

Boys are 3 times more likely to be excluded than girls

Working age Bangladeshis are the least likely to have a degree

Asian groups are more likely to have no qualifications

White British have more qualifications than Chinese