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The Influence of Educational Attainment, Occupational Status, Sex, Age and Race on Personal Income – Part II

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Michael Morrison

Yesterday I presented a multiple regression analysis of the influence of educational attainment, occupational standing, sex, age and race on total personal income.  Today I will summarize the results of a multivariate logistic regression on the probability of earning an above … Continue reading →

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The Influence of Educational Attainment, Occupational Status, Sex, Age and Race on Personal Income – Part I

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Michael Morrison

Part I -The Influence of Educational Attainment, Occupational Status, Sex, Age and Race on Personal Income What accounts for the variance in personal income? To provide an answer I downloaded the recent IPUMS dataset (2011) with the following variables: personal income, … Continue reading →

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The Important Role of Student Financial Aid in Graduation Rates

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Michael Morrison

In many posts I have examined graduation rates at both the secondary and higher education level. In this post I examine the impact of student financial aid on baccalaureate graduation rates in the three sectors of higher education – public, … Continue reading →

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