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Predicting student proficiency test scores accounting for poverty and income measures: Data was collected on 608 school districts in Ohio (The Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov 30, 1997) using passage rates in 1996. The variables used in this analysis include:

% passed – percent of all 4rth, 6^th, 9^th and 12^th graders who passed the state’s exam eg: 93.85 means 93.85%

% on ADC – percent of all students in the district receiving Aid for Dependent Children eg: 0.11 means 0.11%

% Free Lunch – percent of all students who qualify for reduced- priced lunches Median Income – reported in dollars

1. Report the 95% confidence interval estimate of the linear effect of %free lunches on predicting passing rates and interpret this interval in the correct units of measurement.

Lower: -0.530119553

Upper: -0.468276262

% on ADC, X by % Passed, Y
% Passed
100
70
40
20
10
10 20
50
70
% Freelunch, X by % Passed,Y
20
10
10000
200m
20000
40000
50000
20
10
20
100

Variable
Least Squares Regression Equation
slope
pvalue
R?
% on ADC
78.2580 - 0.6908x
-0.6908
0.0000
0.57
% Free Lunch
81.7279 - 0.4992x
-0.4992
0.0000
0.6239
Median Income 38.9149 + 0.0013x
0.0013
0.0000
0.4813

Definition Definition Middle value of a data set. The median divides a data set into two halves, and it also called the 50th percentile. The median is much less affected by outliers and skewed data than the mean. If the number of elements in a dataset is odd, then the middlemost element of the data arranged in ascending or descending order is the median. If the number of elements in the dataset is even, the average of the two central elements of the arranged data is the median of the set. For example, if a dataset has five items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31—the median is the third item in ascending order, or 21. If a dataset has six items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31, 33—the median is the average of the third (21) and fourth (27) items. It is calculated as follows: (21 + 27) / 2 = 24.

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