1. Figures given in the UK Department of Education and Science publication Statistics of Education 1980. They classify a sample of 749 students leaving school in England in 1979-80 by sex and by achievement in public examinations in two subjects, Mathematics and French. At that time there were two separate examinations taken at about age 16, the CSE and the O-level. O-levels were considered more challenging and more academic than CSEs, but a grade 1 pass at CSE was considered equivalent to a pass at O-level. The four categories of achievement for each subject are as follows. ? (a) Did not attempt CSE or O-level. ? (b) Attempted CSE/O-level but did not pass. ? (c) Passed CSE at grades 2-5 or O-level at grades D-E. ? (d) Passed CSE at grade 1 or O-level at grades A-C. Is there a relationship between sex and achievement in either of the two subjects? What specific inferences can you make? (e.g. are males more likely to pass than females in mathematics?). I have tested to see if the data is normal, this seems to be the case. Should I be using crosstabs? Should I recode the data to combine subject with acheivement? I have attached the raw data below, can anyone help? Cheers Julian 82.00 mathematics male (a) 13.00 mathematics male ( b) 176.00 mathematics male (c) 112.00 mathematics male (d) 74.00 mathematics female (a) 23.00 mathematics female (b) 184.00 mathematics female (c) 85.00 mathematics female (d) 289.00 french male (a) 10.00 french male (b) 44.00 french male (c) 40.00 french male (d) 221.00 french female (a) 8.00 french female (b) 74.00 french female (c) 63.00 french female (d) =========================================================================== This list is open to everyone. Occasionally, less thoughtful people send inappropriate messages. Please DO NOT COMPLAIN TO THE POSTMASTER about these messages because the postmaster has no way of controlling them, and excessive complaints will result in termination of the list. For information about this list, including information about the problem of inappropriate messages and information about how to unsubscribe, please see the web page at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ ===========================================================================
