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SOC 4943-002: Capstone in General Sociology
SOC 4943-001
Spring 2021
Assignment 2: Due March 23, 1:15 p.m.
Assignment #2 for Research Question #2: Data analysis—descriptive statistics and regression results
Research Paper Question #2: How are family characteristics parental education and immigra
nt status) and high school experiences (GPA and extracurricular involvement) related to four-year college persistence (whether first enrolled in and still at a four-year college vs. no longer still at a four-year college) by the early twenties?
Independent variables you will have (measured during high school):
Parental education (how much schooling parent with most schooling has had)
Immigrant generation (whether parents and child, child only, or neither child nor parents born in U.S.)
High school GPA (total GPA from high school transcript)
Extracurricular involvement (no to low vs. medium to high involvement in extracurriculars)
Dependent variable you will have (measured in second survey follow-up in 2016):
Four-year college persistence (whether first postsecondary institution enrolled in was a four-year college and was still attending four-year college during early twenties)
Control variables (if you wish, now is when you have to decide whether to include any in your paper):
Male (whether male vs. female)
Race-ethnicity (Asian, black, Hispanic, multiracial, white)
Directions: Referring to the descriptive statistics and regression results below, complete the following charts.
1. Report descriptive statistics (means) and interpret them
    Name/description of variables (include all)
    State the
mean here
    Interpret the mean. What does it tell you relative to the values of the categories as shown in the frequency tables?
    
Parental Education
In Years
    15.9656
    On average, parental education is almost 16 years. From the frequency table, it can be observed that the highest percentage of parental education years is in Bachelor’s degrees that is 33.1%.
    Both Parent and Child Born In US
    0.8134
    On average, the number of both parent and child born in US is 0.8134 and the percentage of that is 81.3% which can also be found from the “1” row of the corresponding frequency table.
    Child But Not Parents Born In US
    0.1258
    On average, the number of only child but not parents are born in US is 0.1258 and the percentage of that is 12.6% which can also be found from the “1” row of the corresponding frequency table.
    Neither Parents Nor Children Born In US
    0.0608
    On average, the number of neither parents not child born in US is 0.0608 and the percentage of that is 6.1% which can also be found from the “1” row of the corresponding frequency table.
    High School GPA
    3.3376
    The average high school GPA is 3.3376 and from the frequency table it can be concluded that the highest percentage is 38.7 which is for 3.50 GPA.
    Extracurricular Hours Per Weekday
    0.5316
    The average extracurricular hours per weekday is 0.5316 and the highest percentage is 53.2 which...
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