Nearly 1.9 million bachelors degrees and over 758,000 masters degrees are awarded annually by U.S. postsecondary institutions
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Nearly 1.9 million bachelor’s degrees and over 758,000 master’s degrees are awarded annually by U.S. postsecondary institutions as of 2018 (National Center for Education Statistics website). The Department of Education tracks the field of study for these graduates in the following categories: Business (B), Computer Sciences and Engineering (CSE), Education (E), Humanities (H), Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM), Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), and Other (O). Consider the following samples of 100 graduates:
Bachelor’s Degree Field of Study
Master’s Degree Field of Study
a. Provide a percent frequency distribution of field of study for each degree.
b. Construct a bar chart for field of study for each degree.
c. What is the lowest percentage field of study for each degree?
d. What is the highest percentage field of study for each degree?
e. Which field of study has the largest increase in percentage from bachelor’s to masters’?
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Statistics For Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781337901062
14th Edition
Authors: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran