Project Guruprasad NARAYANA Shounak MONDAL

Aim and Project DataSet  A dataset containing information about undergraduate

colleges in United State was chosen  The aim was to analyze the dataset and interpret key information about various aspects of colleges  Any interdependency or trend observed between parameters was to be reported

Results and Findings  63% of the undergraduate colleges in United States are  

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privately owned and 36% are government owned. Overall Mean Tuition Fee for In-Station students is 7897.274 Overall Mean Tuition Fee for Out Station students is 9276.906 67.9% of the applicants are selected 41.8% of these successful applicants enrolled

In-State Tuition Fee Skewness • Fisher Assymetry Index for In-state Tuition is 0.432. The positive value indicates Rightward Skewness which is seen from the Histogram below • Kurtosis is -0.745. A negative value indicates Hypo-Normal curve or a more flat distribution

Out-State Tuition Fee Skewness • Fisher Assymetry Index for Out-state Tuition is 0.734 The higher positive value indicates more Rightward Skewness which is seen from the Histogram below • Kurtosis is 0.159. A positive value indicates Hyper-Normal curve or sharper peak

In-State Tuition Fee (Private/Public) • The mean In-State Tuition Fee in Private colleges is 5 times that of Public colleges. • This is evident from the multiple box plots given below. • Pearson’s Correlation Ratio is 0.079 which means very less degree of interdependency in In-State Tuition between Public and Private Colleges.

Out-State Tuition Fee (Private/Public) • Where as the mean Out-State Tuition Fee in Private colleges is only 1.8 times that of Public colleges. • This is evident from the multiple box plots given below. • Pearson’s Correlation Ratio is 0.059 which means even less degree of interdependency in Out-State Tuition between Public and Private Colleges.

Student Faculty Ratio (Private/Public) • The Student/Faculty ratio is 13.4 indicating there is 1 faculty for every 13 students in Private Colleges • The Student/Faculty is 17.3 indicating there is 1 faculty for every 17 students in Public Colleges • This indicates that the quality of education in private colleges is better than that of public colleges

Graduation Rate (Private/Public) • The Mean Graduation rate is 66% in Private Colleges • The Mean Graduation rate is 50% in Public Colleges • This indicates that the quality of education in private colleges is better than that of public colleges

Graduation Rate and SAT Score • The Mean Graduation rate is 58% in colleges that do not require a SAT score • The Mean Graduation rate is 62% in colleges that require a SAT score • This indicates that there is a minor dependency of quality of students and SAT scores although the dependency expected was much more.