Determining the Factors Leading to Graduation Rates
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Graduation rates, Regression analysis, Education
Abstract
This project is to determine the factors which influence on-time high school graduation rates. The primary relationship to be investigated is the effect of an area's median household income on said area's on-time graduation rate, and determining, through regression analysis, if there is a causal effect. Other explanatory variables for this analysis include: an area's population, student population, employment rate, amount of individuals with a bachelor's degree or higher, and a measure for class sizes. The response variable is the amount of students (as either a percentage or a number) who graduate high school on time.
Recommended Citation
Wyler, Robert, "Determining the Factors Leading to Graduation Rates" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 183.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/posters/183
Poster Number
55
Additional Mentoring Department
Economics
Determining the Factors Leading to Graduation Rates
SURC Ballroom C/D
This project is to determine the factors which influence on-time high school graduation rates. The primary relationship to be investigated is the effect of an area's median household income on said area's on-time graduation rate, and determining, through regression analysis, if there is a causal effect. Other explanatory variables for this analysis include: an area's population, student population, employment rate, amount of individuals with a bachelor's degree or higher, and a measure for class sizes. The response variable is the amount of students (as either a percentage or a number) who graduate high school on time.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Wassell, Charles, Jr.