Results: describemath0.sas

Gender, Ethnicity and Math performance

Basic descriptive statistics on the combined sample

Quantitative Variables

The MEANS Procedure

The Means Procedure

Summary statistics

sample N Obs Variable Label N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1 579
precalc
calc
totscore
hsgpa
hscalc
hsengl
grade
Number precalculus correct
Number calculus correct
Total # right on diagnostic test
High School GPA
HS Calculus
HS English
Final mark
480
480
480
466
448
480
393
4.4020833
3.3187500
7.7208333
79.2690987
75.4441964
75.8354167
58.7379135
1.7621620
2.4918369
3.7036888
6.0384921
12.1918487
8.7180371
19.1831935
0
0
0
65.0000000
50.0000000
50.0000000
1.0000000
9.0000000
11.0000000
20.0000000
97.3000000
100.0000000
96.0000000
99.0000000
2 579
precalc
calc
totscore
hsgpa
hscalc
hsengl
grade
Number precalculus correct
Number calculus correct
Total # right on diagnostic test
High School GPA
HS Calculus
HS English
Final mark
498
498
498
482
455
484
380
4.3172691
3.0361446
7.3534137
79.1045643
74.6263736
75.9690083
56.4421053
1.7056372
2.2461008
3.3614572
5.7247266
11.9269513
8.7351809
18.2574470
0
0
0
67.0000000
43.0000000
50.0000000
1.0000000
9.0000000
10.0000000
19.0000000
96.8000000
98.0000000
96.0000000
97.0000000

Gender, Ethnicity and Math performance

Basic descriptive statistics on the combined sample

Categorical variables

The FREQ Procedure

The Freq Procedure

Table sample * course

Cross-Tabular Freq Table

Frequency
Table of sample by course
sample course
. 1 2 3 No Resp Total
1
99
59
373
39
9
579
2
81
80
373
31
14
579
Total
180
139
746
70
23
1158

Table sample * sex

Cross-Tabular Freq Table

Frequency
Table of sample by sex
sample sex
  Female Male Total
1
28
266
285
579
2
32
300
247
579
Total
60
566
532
1158

Table sample * ethnic

Cross-Tabular Freq Table

Frequency
Table of sample by ethnic
sample ethnic(Judged Nationality of name)
Asian Eastern European European not Eastern Middle-Eastern and Pakistani East Indian Other and DK Total
1
131
63
195
72
78
40
579
2
132
43
223
78
69
34
579
Total
263
106
418
150
147
74
1158

Table sample * tongue

Cross-Tabular Freq Table

Frequency
Table of sample by tongue
sample tongue(Mother Tongue (Eng or Other))
  English Other Total
1
28
402
149
579
2
32
402
145
579
Total
60
804
294
1158

Table sample * passed

Cross-Tabular Freq Table

Frequency
Table of sample by passed
sample passed(Passed the course)
No Yes Total
1
274
305
579
2
295
284
579
Total
569
589
1158