STATISTICS PROJECT – POST SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY: JESSICA JANG

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UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (UBC): UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE – SCIENCE  $ SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY (SFU): UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE – SOCIAL SCIENCES  $ UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA (UVIC): UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE – SOCIAL SCIENCES  $ BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (BCIT): GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM  $ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO (UW): SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM  $

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (U OF T): FIRST YEAR TUITION  $ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO (UWO): FIRST YEAR TUITION  $ $ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (UCLA): FIRST YEAR TUITION  $ CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU): FIRST YEAR TUITION  $ ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (ABAC): FIRST YEAR TUITION  $

- THE DATA IS QUITE CONSISTENT FOR THE MOST PART, ASIDE FROM UCLA AND UWO - THE DATA SEEMED TO VARY BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL - OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING THE COST OF THE SCHOOL COULD INCLUDE THE TYPE OF PROGRAM, HOW MANY PROGRAMS THE SCHOOL OFFERS, ETC. - I DON’T BELIEVE THE SOURCES ARE BIASED IN THEIR COST ESTIMATES - HOWEVER, SOME SCHOOLS COULD INCLUDE OTHER MANDATORY FEES (IE: HOUSING) IN THEIR “TOTAL TUITION” WHILE OTHER SCHOOLS DON’T IS THE DATA CONSISTENT, OR DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE? WHY MIGHT THE NUMBERS BE DIFFERENT? ARE CERTAIN SOURCES BIASED IN THEIR COST ESTIMATES?

MEDIAN: , , , , , , , , , ( ) ÷ 2 = $ MEAN: = ÷ 10 = $

STANDARD DEVIATION: ( – )² + ( – )² + ( – )² + ( – )² + ( – )² + ( – )² + ( – )² + ( – )² + ( – )² + ( – )² = √( ÷ 10) = $ * = mean* MODE: $

- LOCATION/POPULATION OF THE AREA WHERE THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED - PROGRAM TYPE -HOUSING - TEXTBOOKS/OTHER SCHOOL SUPPLIES - FOOD COSTS - TRANSPORTATION - MEDICAL CARE WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE THE TUITION CHARGED BY A POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION?

A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE FIVE SCHOOLS THAT I’VE CHOSEN UBC  IN 1908, UBC FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS, KNOWN THEN AS THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN 1934, UBC’S SPORTS TEAMS BECAME KNOWN AS THE THUNDERBIRDS. THE SCHOOL HAD MORE STUDENTS ENROLLING AT STUDENTS BY 1939 (OVER TODAY). SFU  SFU IS NAMED AFTER SIMON FRASER, WHO WAS A FUR-TRADER AS WELL AS AN EXPLORER. IN 1965, SFU WAS FOUNDED AND ENROLLED STUDENTS. THE UNIVERSITY PRESENTLY HAS OVER STUDENTS ENROLLED.

A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE FIVE SCHOOLS THAT I’VE CHOSEN UVIC  DURING THE 1960’S, UVIC MADE ITS TRANSITION INTO BECOMING A UNIVERSITY (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS VICTORIA COLLEGE). BETWEEN 1963 AND 1968, UVIC MORE THAN DOUBLED IN STUDENTS ENROLLED AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF FACULTY. TODAY, UVIC HAS ALMOST STUDENTS ENROLLED. U OF T  THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED KING’S COLLEGE, AND WAS FOUNDED IN THE UNIVERSITY STARTING ADMITTING WOMEN DURING THE 1880’S, AND CURRENTLY HAVE OVER STUDENTS.

A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE FIVE SCHOOLS THAT I’VE CHOSEN UCLA  THE UNNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES WAS FOUNDED IN THE FIRST DOCTORAL DEGREE IN UCLA HISTORY WAS EARNED IN 1938, AND THEIR FIRST OPEN HEART SURGERY (ALSO FIRST IN THE WESTERN U.S) WAS DONE IN THEIR MEDICAL CENTER. UCLA CURRENTLY HAS OVER STUDENTS ENROLLED.

CALCULATING Z-SCORES… UBC  Z = ( – ) ÷ = SFU  Z = ( – ) ÷ = UVIC  Z = ( – ) ÷ = U OF T  Z = ( – ) ÷ = UCLA  Z = ( – ) ÷ = * = mean* * = standard deviation*

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (UBC): Z-SCORE  (#4 – LOWEST) SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY (SFU): Z-SCORE  (#3) UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA (UVIC): Z-SCORE  (#3) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (U OF T): Z-SCORE  (#2) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (UCLA): Z-SCORE  (#1 – HIGHEST)

DO YOU AGREE WITH THE RANKING, AS DETERMINED BY THE Z-SCORES?

RECALCULATING Z-SCORES… UBC  ( ) ÷ = SFU  ( – ) ÷ = UVIC  ( – ) ÷ = U OF T  ( – ) ÷ = UCLA  ( – ) ÷ = *new mean* *new standard deviation*

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (UBC): Z-SCORE  (#3) SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY (SFU): Z-SCORE  (#4 – LOWEST) UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA (UVIC): Z-SCORE  (#4 – LOWEST) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (U OF T): Z-SCORE  (#2) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (UCLA): Z-SCORE  (#1 – HIGHEST)

AT WHICH SCHOOL DO YOU FIND THE BEST VALUE FOR THE TUITION CHARGED?

8 OUT OF 10 SCHOOLS FROM THE SAMPLE HAVE TUITION PRICES LESS THAN $ ÷ 10 = 80% 80% CONFIDENCE LEVEL 1) HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE THAT THE FIRST YEAR TUITION PRICE OF A SCHOOL WILL BE UNDER $ ?

2) IS IT LIKELY THAT A SCHOOL WILL HAVE A FIRST YEAR TUITION PRICE OF OVER $ (BASED ON THE SAMPLE SCHOOLS)?

3) WHY WOULDN’T THE MEAN BE A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF HOW EXPENSIVE TUITION PRICES OF POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE IN THIS PARTICULAR SAMPLE?

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