Writing Proficiency Exam: Pass/Fail Rates for July 2005
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 |
743 |
73.0 |
73.0 |
73.0 |
Fail |
275 |
27.0 |
27.0 |
100.0 |
Total |
1018 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|

|
N |
Valid |
1018 |
Missing |
0 |
Mean |
11.6189 |
Std. Deviation |
2.08618 |
Minimum |
3.00 |
Maximum |
18.00 |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
College |
The Arts |
Count |
77 |
40 |
117 |
% within College |
65.8% |
34.2% |
100.0% |
Business Administration |
Count |
112 |
76 |
188 |
% within College |
59.6% |
40.4% |
100.0% |
Education |
Count |
40 |
6 |
46 |
% within College |
87.0% |
13.0% |
100.0% |
Engineering |
Count |
56 |
47 |
103 |
% within College |
54.4% |
45.6% |
100.0% |
Health and Human Services |
Count |
164 |
25 |
189 |
% within College |
86.8% |
13.2% |
100.0% |
Liberal Arts |
Count |
167 |
40 |
207 |
% within College |
80.7% |
19.3% |
100.0% |
Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
Count |
47 |
19 |
66 |
% within College |
71.2% |
28.8% |
100.0% |
University Academic Programs |
Count |
6 |
1 |
7 |
% within College |
85.7% |
14.3% |
100.0% |
Undeclared/don't know |
Count |
32 |
7 |
39 |
% within College |
82.1% |
17.9% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
701 |
261 |
962 |
% within College |
72.9% |
27.1% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Class status |
Undergraduate |
Count |
638 |
233 |
871 |
% within Class status |
73.2% |
26.8% |
100.0% |
Graduate student |
Count |
102 |
39 |
141 |
% within Class status |
72.3% |
27.7% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
740 |
272 |
1012 |
% within Class status |
73.1% |
26.9% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Sex |
Male |
Count |
320 |
121 |
441 |
% within Sex |
72.6% |
27.4% |
100.0% |
Female |
Count |
417 |
153 |
570 |
% within Sex |
73.2% |
26.8% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
737 |
274 |
1011 |
% within Sex |
72.9% |
27.1% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Is English your Native Language? |
Yes |
Count |
497 |
41 |
538 |
% within Is English your Native Language? |
92.4% |
7.6% |
100.0% |
No |
Count |
237 |
230 |
467 |
% within Is English your Native Language? |
50.7% |
49.3% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
734 |
271 |
1005 |
% within Is English your Native Language? |
73.0% |
27.0% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Where did you take freshman composition? |
Community college |
Count |
353 |
176 |
529 |
% within Where did you take freshman composition? |
66.7% |
33.3% |
100.0% |
CSULB |
Count |
280 |
62 |
342 |
% within Where did you take freshman composition? |
81.9% |
18.1% |
100.0% |
Another CSU |
Count |
14 |
3 |
17 |
% within Where did you take freshman composition? |
82.4% |
17.6% |
100.0% |
Another 4-yr. college/university |
Count |
67 |
18 |
85 |
% within Where did you take freshman composition? |
78.8% |
21.2% |
100.0% |
Non-English speaking university |
Count |
16 |
14 |
30 |
% within Where did you take freshman composition? |
53.3% |
46.7% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
730 |
273 |
1003 |
% within Where did you take freshman composition? |
72.8% |
27.2% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
Valid |
3.00 |
1 |
.1 |
.1 |
.1 |
5.00 |
2 |
.2 |
.2 |
.3 |
6.00 |
10 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
7.00 |
12 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
8.00 |
47 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
7.1 |
9.00 |
118 |
11.6 |
11.6 |
18.7 |
10.00 |
85 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
27.0 |
11.00 |
120 |
11.8 |
11.8 |
38.8 |
12.00 |
308 |
30.3 |
30.3 |
69.1 |
13.00 |
155 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
84.3 |
14.00 |
85 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
92.6 |
15.00 |
50 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
97.5 |
16.00 |
17 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
99.2 |
17.00 |
4 |
.4 |
.4 |
99.6 |
18.00 |
4 |
.4 |
.4 |
100.0 |
Total |
1018 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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