Writing Proficiency Exam: Pass/Fail Rates for February 2006
Pass/Fail Rates Overall
Descriptive Statistics
Pass/Fail Rates by College
Pass/Fail Rates by Class Status
Pass/Fail Rates by Sex
Pass/Fail Rates by Native English Speaking Status
Pass/Fail Rates by Place Where Students Took Freshman Composition
Frequency Distribution of Scores

|
|
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
Valid |
Pass |
1754 |
82.6 |
82.6 |
82.6 |
Fail |
369 |
17.4 |
17.4 |
100.0 |
Total |
2123 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|

|
N |
Valid |
2123 |
Missing |
0 |
Mean |
12.1225 |
Std. Deviation |
1.89002 |
Minimum |
.00 |
Maximum |
18.00 |

|
|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
|
Pass |
Fail
|
|
College |
The Arts |
Count |
230 |
40 |
270 |
|
% within College |
85.2% |
14.8% |
100.0% |
|
Business Administration |
Count |
240 |
73 |
313 |
|
% within College |
76.7% |
23.3% |
100.0% |
|
Education |
Count |
88 |
9 |
97 |
|
% within College |
90.7% |
9.3% |
100.0% |
|
Engineering |
Count |
122 |
71 |
193 |
|
% within College |
63.2% |
36.8% |
100.0% |
|
Health and Human Services |
Count |
349 |
42 |
391 |
|
% within College |
89.3% |
10.7% |
100.0% |
|
Liberal Arts |
Count |
423 |
50 |
473 |
|
% within College |
89.4% |
10.6% |
100.0% |
|
Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
Count |
121 |
29 |
150 |
|
% within College |
80.7% |
19.3% |
100.0% |
|
University Academic Programs |
Count |
10 |
2 |
12 |
|
% within College |
83.3% |
16.7% |
100.0% |
|
Undeclared/don't know |
Count |
61 |
9 |
70 |
|
% within College |
87.1% |
12.9% |
100.0% |
|
Total |
Count |
1644 |
325 |
1969 |
|
% within College |
83.5% |
16.5% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
|
Pass |
Fail
|
|
Class status |
Undergraduate |
Count |
1519 |
303 |
1822 |
|
% within Class status |
83.4% |
16.6% |
100.0% |
|
Graduate Student |
Count |
157 |
34 |
191 |
|
% within Class status |
82.2% |
17.8% |
100.0% |
|
Total |
Count |
1676 |
337 |
2013 |
|
% within Class status |
83.3% |
16.7% |
100.0% |
|

|
|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
|
Pass |
Fail
|
|
Sex |
Male |
Count |
842 |
170 |
1012 |
|
% within Sex |
83.2% |
16.8% |
100.0% |
|
Female |
Count |
842 |
162 |
1004 |
|
% within Sex |
83.9% |
16.1% |
100.0% |
|
Total |
Count |
1684 |
332 |
2016 |
|
% within Sex |
83.5% |
16.5% |
100.0% |
|

|
|
|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
|
Pass |
Fail
|
|
Is English your native language? |
Yes |
Count |
1333 |
78 |
1411 |
|
% within Is English your native language? |
94.5% |
5.5% |
100.0% |
|
No |
Count |
334 |
253 |
587 |
|
% within Is English your native language? |
56.9% |
43.1% |
100.0% |
|
Total |
Count |
1667 |
331 |
1998 |
|
% within Is English your native language? |
83.4% |
16.6% |
100.0% |
|

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|
|
|
WPE February 2006 Pass/Fail Rates Overall |
Total |
|
Pass |
Fail
|
|
Where did you take freshman comp? |
Community college |
Count |
899 |
219 |
1118 |
|
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
80.4% |
19.6% |
100.0% |
|
CSULB |
Count |
548 |
74 |
622 |
|
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
88.1% |
11.9% |
100.0% |
|
Another CSU |
Count |
36 |
4 |
40 |
|
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
90.0% |
10.0% |
100.0% |
|
Another 4-yr. college/university |
Count |
150 |
19 |
169 |
|
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
88.8% |
11.2% |
100.0% |
|
Non-English speaking university |
Count |
7 |
19 |
26 |
|
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
26.9% |
73.1% |
100.0% |
|
Total |
Count |
1640 |
335 |
1975 |
|
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
83.0% |
17.0% |
100.0% |
|

|
|
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
Valid |
.00 |
1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
3.00 |
1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.1 |
5.00 |
2 |
.1 |
.1 |
.2 |
6.00 |
6 |
.3 |
.3 |
.5 |
7.00 |
16 |
.8 |
.8 |
1.2 |
8.00 |
39 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
3.1 |
9.00 |
154 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
10.3 |
10.00 |
150 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
17.4 |
11.00 |
212 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
27.4 |
12.00 |
725 |
34.1 |
34.1 |
61.5 |
13.00 |
389 |
18.3 |
18.3 |
79.8 |
14.00 |
225 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
90.4 |
15.00 |
144 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
97.2 |
16.00 |
33 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
98.8 |
17.00 |
18 |
.8 |
.8 |
99.6 |
18.00 |
8 |
.4 |
.4 |
100.0 |
Total |
2123 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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