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• Hypothesis Testing
• Regression Analysis
• Dummy Variables
• Mann-Whitney U Test
Regression Analysis
Acceptance Rate vs. Graduation Rate
- Multiple R: 0.84733077
- R Square: 0.71796943
- P-Values: 1.39E-43, 8.61E-15
Conclusion 6
HYPOTHESIS:
Ho: Acceptance rate and graduation rate are
not correlated
Due to the small P-value and Ha: Acceptance rate and graduation rate are
correlated
high regression statistics, we
reject the null hypothesis.
SAT Percentiles vs. Acceptance Rate 7
Multiple R: 0.06495227
R Square: 0.0042188
P-Value: 0.657478387
Conclusion 8
HYPOTHESIS:
Ho: SAT percentiles and acceptance rate are
not correlated
Ha: SAT percentiles and acceptance rate are
Due to the high P value and the correlated
low regression statistics, we
retain the null hypothesis.
Number of students vs. tuition 9
Multiple R: 0.35733487
R Square: 0.12768821
P-Values: 1.47E-16, 0.010848093
Conclusion/Discussion 10
HYPOTHESIS:
Ho: Number of students and cost of tuition are
not correlated
Even though the values for the Ha: Number of students and cost of tuition are
multiple R and R squared are correlated
small and show that there is
nearly no correlation, the p-values
are both very small. From this we
reject the null hypothesis even
though the correlation is weak.
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Multiple R: 0.726515443
R Square: 0.527824689
P-Values: 3.19E-16, 2.34E-09
Conclusion/Discussion 13
HYPOTHESIS:
Ho: The acceptance rate and tuition are not
correlated
There is a moderate correlation Ha: The acceptance rate and tuition are
due to the R squared value being correlated
around .5. Due to the small
p-value we decided to reject the
null even though there is only
moderate correlation.
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Summary of Regression
After analyzing our regression data, we can see that acceptance rate and
graduation rate have an inverse relationship. This suggests that colleges who take
in a higher percent of applicants lack the resources to support that many students
for success. There is a weak correlation between the number of students and
tuition rate, which indicates that as there are more students, the tuition is lower.
When we separate Ivy League schools from the data, we see that it follows the
same general trend, but it is inherently more expensive. Lastly, a higher acceptance
rate meant a lower tuition rate, with a distinction between private and public
colleges, indicating that as schools accept more students, the amount that each
student pays goes down. Additionally, we found no relationship between SAT
percentile and acceptance rate, which shows that colleges are not concerned about
SAT scores anymore as a measure of quality for applicants
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Mann-Whitney U Test
Public vs. private: Acceptance Rate 17
HYPOTHESIS:
Ho: Median Difference = 0
Calculations
Z-score -3.78947 Ha: Median Difference ≠ 0
P-value 0.00016
Conclusions
Due to the small P-value we reject
the null hypothesis and retain the
alternative hypothesis that the
median difference is not zero.
Public vs. private: Acceptance Rate Discussion 18
HYPOTHESIS:
Calculations Ho: Median Difference = 0
Z-score 3.78418
P-value 0.00016 Ha: Median Difference ≠ 0
Conclusion
Due to the small p-value we reject
the null hypothesis and retain the
alternative hypothesis that the
median difference is not zero.
Ivy league vs. non-ivy league: acceptance rate Discussion 29
HYPOTHESIS:
Calculations Ho: Median Difference = 0
Z-score -3.916
P-value 0.00008 Ha: Median Difference ≠ 0
Conclusion
Due to the small p-value we reject
the null hypothesis and retain the
alternative hypothesis that the
median difference is not zero.
Ivy league vs. non-ivy league: graduation rate Discussion 31
HYPOTHESIS:
Calculations Ho: Median Difference = 0
Z-score -3.13584
P-value 0.00168 Ha: Median Difference ≠ 0
Conclusion
Since we have a small p-value we
decided to reject the null and
retain the alternative hypothesis
that the median difference is not
zero.
Ivy league vs. non ivy league: tuition rate Discussion 33
HYPOTHESIS:
Calculations Ho: Median Difference = 0
Z-score -0.56895
P-value 0.56868 Ha: Median Difference ≠ 0
Conclusion
Due to a high p-value we have
retained the null hypothesis that
the median difference is zero.
Ivy league vs. non-ivy league: Number of students Discussion 35
Average Ivy League rate: 18,356 full time students
Average Non-Ivy League rate: 17,436 full time student
HYPOTHESIS:
Calculations Ho: Median Difference = 0
Z-score 0.21073
P-value 0.83366 Ha: Median Difference ≠ 0
Conclusion
Due to the high p-value we decided to
retain the null hypothesis that the
median difference is zero.
Ivy league vs. non-ivy league: SAT percentiles Discussion 37
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