CSULB Freshmen 2004: High School Characteristics & Performance

Years of English Taken in High School
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	4	.2	.2	.2
	1/2 year	6	.3	.3	.5
	1 year	8	.4	.4	.8
	2 years	5	.2	.2	1.1
	3 years	14	.6	.6	1.7
	4 years	2106	96.7	97.0	98.7
	5+ years	28	1.3	1.3	100.0
	Total	2171	99.7	100.0
Missing	System	7	.3
Total		2178	100.0

Years of Mathematics Taken in High School
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	1	.0	.0	.0
	1/2 year	9	.4	.4	.5
	1 year	3	.1	.1	.6
	2 years	34	1.6	1.6	2.2
	3 years	524	24.1	24.2	26.4
	4 years	1502	69.0	69.4	95.8
	5+ years	90	4.1	4.2	100.0
	Total	2163	99.3	100.0
Missing	System	15	.7
Total		2178	100.0

Years of Foreign Language Taken in High School
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	11	.5	.5	.5
	1/2 year	13	.6	.6	1.1
	1 year	34	1.6	1.6	2.7
	2 years	622	28.6	28.8	31.5
	3 years	1045	48.0	48.4	79.8
	4 years	419	19.2	19.4	99.2
	5+ years	17	.8	.8	100.0
	Total	2161	99.2	100.0
Missing	System	17	.8
Total		2178	100.0

Years of Physical Science Taken in High School
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	125	5.7	5.9	5.9
	1/2 year	34	1.6	1.6	7.4
	1 year	739	33.9	34.6	42.1
	2 years	840	38.6	39.3	81.4
	3 years	272	12.5	12.7	94.1
	4 years	120	5.5	5.6	99.8
	5+ years	5	.2	.2	100.0
	Total	2135	98.0	100.0
Missing	System	43	2.0
Total		2178	100.0

Years of Biological Science Taken in High School
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	47	2.2	2.2	2.2
	1/2 year	41	1.9	1.9	4.1
	1 year	1040	47.8	48.6	52.7
	2 years	707	32.5	33.0	85.7
	3 years	217	10.0	10.1	95.8
	4 years	82	3.8	3.8	99.7
	5+ years	7	.3	.3	100.0
	Total	2141	98.3	100.0
Missing	System	37	1.7
Total		2178	100.0

Years of History/American Government Taken in High School
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	4	.2	.2	.2
	1/2 year	32	1.5	1.5	1.7
	1 year	87	4.0	4.1	5.7
	2 years	295	13.5	13.8	19.5
	3 years	1152	52.9	53.8	73.4
	4 years	562	25.8	26.3	99.6
	5+ years	8	.4	.4	100.0
	Total	2140	98.3	100.0
Missing	System	38	1.7
Total		2178	100.0

Years of Computer Science Taken in High School
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	853	39.2	40.8	40.8
	1/2 year	435	20.0	20.8	61.6
	1 year	610	28.0	29.2	90.8
	2 years	144	6.6	6.9	97.7
	3 years	32	1.5	1.5	99.2
	4 years	10	.5	.5	99.7
	5+ years	6	.3	.3	100.0
	Total	2090	96.0	100.0
Missing	System	88	4.0
Total		2178	100.0

Years of Arts and/or Music Taken in High School
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	None	95	4.4	4.4	4.4
	1/2 year	91	4.2	4.2	8.7
	1 year	916	42.1	42.7	51.4
	2 years	501	23.0	23.4	74.7
	3 years	179	8.2	8.3	83.1
	4 years	322	14.8	15.0	98.1
	5+ years	41	1.9	1.9	100.0
	Total	2145	98.5	100.0
Missing	System	33	1.5
Total		2178	100.0

How many research or term papers did you write during your last year in high school?
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	none	123	5.6	6.0	6.0
	1-5	1045	48.0	51.0	56.9
	6-10	567	26.0	27.6	84.6
	11-25	238	10.9	11.6	96.2
	25+	78	3.6	3.8	100.0
	Total	2051	94.2	100.0
Missing	System	127	5.8
Total		2178	100.0

My high school adequately prepared me for college.
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	Strongly disagree	88	4.0	5.1	5.1
	Disagree	192	8.8	11.2	16.3
	Agree	896	41.1	52.2	68.5
	Strongly agree	541	24.8	31.5	100.0
	Total	1717	78.8	100.0
Missing	no opinion	59	2.7
	System	402	18.5
	Total	461	21.2
Total		2178	100.0

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