STEM programs and jobs. Refer to the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (February 2019) survey

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STEM programs and jobs. Refer to the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (February 2019) survey of 10,000 high-school-age students, Exercise 10.14 (p. 612). Recall that each student was classified according to gender and which area of study they thought would most likely lead to a job in the future. The percentages (rounded) of males, females, and all students selecting each area are reproduced in the table. Conduct a test to determine if the distribution of percentages in the three study area categories differs for males and females. Use a = .10. (Assume a total of 5,000 males and 5,000 females were surveyed.) Area of Study Males Females All Students STEM (Science/ Math/Technology) 69% 51% 60% English 20 32 26 Foreign Languages/ Arts/Humanities 11 17 14 100% 100% 100% Adapted from: “Attitudes toward STEM subjects by Gender at KS4”, Longitudinal Study of Young People in England 2, Research Brief, February 2019 (Figure 3).

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Statistics For Business And Economics

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14th Global Edition

Authors: James McClave, P. Benson, Terry Sincich

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