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Educational Attainment: A Data-Driven Learning Guide

Goal & Concept

Goal

The goal of this module is to explore the relationship between demographic characteristics and educational attainment. Frequencies and comparison of means will be used.

Concept

Educational attainment is a key concept for social scientists interested in social inequality, social mobility, and class. Educational attainment is closely related to occupation and income, with many better-paying jobs requiring a college degree or other advanced study. Thus, group differences in educational attainment are usually indicative of group differences in other areas of social life.

Examples of possible research questions about educational attainment:

  • Do demographics like age, gender, race, nativity or disability relate to educational attainment, and if so how?
  • What is the relationship between educational attainment and income?
  • How does social inequality affect educational attainment?

Goal & Concept - Dataset - Application - Interpretation & Summary - Bibliography

CITATION: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Educational Attainment: A Data-Driven Learning Guide. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-04-16. Doi:10.3886/educationattain

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