Question 2.97

2.97 Fields of study by country for college students

In Exercise 2.93, you examined data on fields of study for graduating college students from seven countries.

  1. Find the seven conditional distributions giving the distribution of graduates in the different fields of study for each country.
  2. Display the conditional distributions graphically.
  3. Write a paragraph summarizing the relationship between field of study and country.

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(a)

Percent Canada France Germany Italy Japan UK US
SocBusLaw 36.36 22.77 30.28 38.9 39.6 32 42.4
SciMathEng 19.89 16.52 30.28 24.9 20.8 27 17.2
ArtsHum 15.34 11.01 15.14 13.1 18.81 22.1 19.2
Educ 11.36 6.7 8.26 4.98 5.96 2.95 8.07
Other 17.05 43.01 16.06 18.1 14.83 16 13.2
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

(c) The graph shows that most countries have similarities in their distributions of students among fields of study. Most countries have the most students in Social sciences, business, and law followed second by Science, math, and engineering. France, however, is unique as it has a huge percentage in Other, much more than the other countries shown. Also, the United Kingdom has an extremely low percentage in Education.

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