1. Males and Female College Completion Rates in Wisconsin in 1957
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status and on College Completion
Purpose: To determine the relative influence of socioeconomic status on attainment of higher education for a randomly selected group of high school seniors in Wisconsin. Also, to compare the approximate change in proportion of women applicants to men over time.
These graphs show the rates of college planning, attendance and completion for each of the four socioeconomic levels. Clearly the proportions show a positive correlation between class level and each of the three variables.
Males and Female College Completion Rates in Wisconsin in 1957
Sample X N Sample p
Males
Sample X N Sample p % CI P-Value
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Females
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Test for p(1) - p(2) = 0 (vs not = 0): Z = P-Value = 0.000
In 1956 the male application rate by Wisconsin inhabitants was 43.7% while that of females was only 30.7% The sharp increase in female college applicants is clearly visible, while male application rates rise more modestly. Now, in 2001, with a college application rate of 62%, they far exceed the 48% of males that apply.
This test proportion compares male to female completion rates for the sample population in The Confidence Interval for the proportion of males and females shows that it can safely be said that further testing would most likely yield an outcome within the parameters of the confidence interval. The fact that the p-value is equal to shows that there is legitimate statistical difference between male and female college completion rates and therefore the null hypothesis can be rejected.
Conclusion 1: It is apparent by the graphs of both males and females that with the increase of socioeconomic class, comes the increase too of college plans and retention rates
Conclusion 2: While the proportion of male university applicants in Wisconsin to female applicants was greater in 1956, when the primary study was conducted, it is clear from recent studies that females have had a sharper increase in applicants so much that by 2001, they had surpassed that of males by 14%.