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Probabilities of Graduation and Publication
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MTH156 Introduction to Statistics
Colorado State University Global Campus
Professor Sohail Anwar
June 10, 2017

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Probabilities of Graduation and Publication
In the following study, three different universities have been tracking a select group of
professors over the course of their employment at their respective universities to determine the
number of students who are in a particular professors’ classes, how many of those students have
graduated, and if any of them have had their work published.
The purpose of this study is to find the probabilities of graduation, publication and the
overall probability of a student having a publication given they have graduated for each of the
different professors’ courses. While a causal relationship may not be found between a professor
and student graduation or publication, we need to rank the professors based on the different
probabilities found with the data sets as described below.
1. The overall probability of students graduating by university.
University/College
P(Graduated)
WWCC
0.86452
EWCC
0.85264
NWCC
0.88102
The probabilities of graduation were found by taking the number of students who
graduated and divided that by the number of students taught. Based on this information we see
that NWCC has the highest probability that students will graduate with .88102. EWCC has the
lowest probability with .852264. To put these numbers in a generalized context we could say that
per 100 students NWCC would probably graduate 3 more students than EWCC.
2. The overall probability of students having a publication at each of the three universities.
University/College
P(Publications)
WWCC
0.32193
EWCC
0.31640
NWCC
0.31090
The probabilities of publications we found by taking the number of publications by
students and dividing by the number of students taught. Based on this information we can see

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Probabilities of Graduation and Publication Probabilities of Graduation and Publication XXXXXXXXXXX MTH156 – Introduction to Statistics Colorado State University – Global Campus Professor Sohail Anwar June 10, 2017 Probabilities of Graduation and Publication In the following study, three different universities have been tracking a select group of professors over the course of their employment at their respective universities to determine the number of students who are in a particular professors’ classes, how many of those students have graduated, and if any of them have had their work published. The purpose of this study is to find the probabilities of graduation, publication and the overall probability of a student having a publication given they have graduated for each of the different professors’ courses. While a causal relationship may not be found between a professor and student graduation or publication, we need to rank the professors based on the different probabilities found with the data sets as described below. 1. The overall probability of students graduating by university. University/College P(Graduated) WWCC 0.86452 EWCC 0.85264 NWCC 0.88102 The probabilities of graduation were found by taking the number of students who graduated and divided that by the number of students taught. Based on this information we see that NWCC has the highest probability that students will graduate with .88102. EWCC has the lowest probability with .852264. To put these num ...
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