Relationship between Graduation and Retention Rates in Universities

Running head: ECONOMICS
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Table of Contents
Purpose.......................................................................................................................................2
Background................................................................................................................................2
Method.......................................................................................................................................2
Results........................................................................................................................................3
Answer a)...............................................................................................................................3
Answer b)...............................................................................................................................4
Answer c)...............................................................................................................................4
Answer d)...............................................................................................................................4
Answer e)...............................................................................................................................5
Answer f)................................................................................................................................6
Answer g)...............................................................................................................................6
Answer h)...............................................................................................................................6
Discussions.................................................................................................................................6
Recommendations......................................................................................................................7
Reference list..............................................................................................................................8

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ECONOMICS AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Purpose
The purpose of the report is to find the relationship between the graduation rate and
the retention rate of the students.
Background
Graduation rates are calculated by relating the number of graduates to the overall
population size at a typical age of graduation. The graduation rate can also be defined as the
percentage of the first-year undergraduate students who completes their program at the given
period of time. On the other hand, the retention rate is the percentage of the students who
continues to remain school the next year. The retention rates are of extreme importance for
the universities since they will be trying to improve the rates of graduation and also try to
reduce the loss of the tuition revenue from those students who drops out or transfers to other
schools. Both the graduation rates and the retention rates are important for deciding whether a
college is a good fit or not.
Method
In order to examine the association between the graduation rates and the retention
rates, the simple linear regression have been performed which showed the significance of the
variables. By performing the descriptive statistics, the maximum as well as the minimum
value are found out for both the variables. The dimple regression analysis has been con
ducted in excel to find the association between the two variables that is the retention rate and
the graduation rates of the twenty-nine colleges. With the help of scatter diagram, the
relationship between the tw0variables have been found out.