You study the attrition of entering college freshmen (those students who enter c
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You study the attrition of entering college freshmen (those students who enter college as freshmen but don’t stay to graduate.). You find the following relationships between attrition, aid, and distance of home from college. What is your interpretation? Consider all variables and relationships.
Aid Home Near/Recving Aid Home Far Receiving Aid
Yes (%)
No (%)
Yes (%)
No (%)
Yes (%)
No (%)
Drop Out
25
20
5
15
30
40
Stay
75
80
95
85
70
60
The question is from Business Research , Cooper & Shcindler , 2014
Yes (%)
No (%)
Yes (%)
No (%)
Yes (%)
No (%)
Drop Out
25
20
5
15
30
40
Stay
75
80
95
85
70
60
Explanation / Answer
Answer ) For relationship between Attrition and Aid,
Chi-square = 0.72, p-value = 0.3972.
So, there seems no significant relationship between attrition and whether the student receives aid or not.
For relationship between Attrition and “Home Near Receiving Aid”
Chi-square = 5.56, p-value = 0.0184.
So, at significance level of 0.05, there is significant relationship between attrition and aid for students with home near the college.
For relationship between Attrition and “Home Far Receiving Aid”,
Chi-square = 2.20, p-value = 0.1382.
So, there seems no significant relationship between attrition and aid for students with home far from the college.
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