Writing Proficiency Exam: Pass/Fail Rates for September 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 |
1217 |
82.0 |
82.0 |
82.0 |
Fail |
267 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
100.0 |
Total |
1484 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|

|
N |
Valid |
1484 |
Missing |
0 |
Mean |
12.0815 |
Std. Deviation |
1.90594 |
Minimum |
6.00 |
Maximum |
18.00 |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
College |
The Arts |
Count |
157 |
43 |
200 |
% within College |
78.5% |
21.5% |
100.0% |
Business Administration |
Count |
147 |
66 |
213 |
% within College |
69.0% |
31.0% |
100.0% |
Education |
Count |
98 |
11 |
109 |
% within College |
89.9% |
10.1% |
100.0% |
Engineering |
Count |
70 |
48 |
118 |
% within College |
59.3% |
40.7% |
100.0% |
Health and Human Services |
Count |
237 |
31 |
268 |
% within College |
88.4% |
11.6% |
100.0% |
Liberal Arts |
Count |
342 |
35 |
377 |
% within College |
90.7% |
9.3% |
100.0% |
Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
Count |
86 |
24 |
110 |
% within College |
78.2% |
21.8% |
100.0% |
University Academic Programs |
Count |
17 |
2 |
19 |
% within College |
89.5% |
10.5% |
100.0% |
Undeclared/don't know |
Count |
46 |
6 |
52 |
% within College |
88.5% |
11.5% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1200 |
266 |
1466 |
% within College |
81.9% |
18.1% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Class status |
Undergraduate |
Count |
1062 |
228 |
1290 |
% within Class status |
82.3% |
17.7% |
100.0% |
Graduate Student |
Count |
143 |
38 |
181 |
% within Class status |
79.0% |
21.0% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1205 |
266 |
1471 |
% within Class status |
81.9% |
18.1% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Sex |
Male |
Count |
476 |
145 |
621 |
% within Sex |
76.7% |
23.3% |
100.0% |
Female |
Count |
728 |
120 |
848 |
% within Sex |
85.8% |
14.2% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1204 |
265 |
1469 |
% within Sex |
82.0% |
18.0% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Is English your native language? |
Yes |
Count |
951 |
67 |
1018 |
% within Is English your native language? |
93.4% |
6.6% |
100.0% |
No |
Count |
258 |
199 |
457 |
% within Is English your native language? |
56.5% |
43.5% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1209 |
266 |
1475 |
% within Is English your native language? |
82.0% |
18.0% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Where did you take freshman comp? |
Community college |
Count |
718 |
180 |
898 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
80.0% |
20.0% |
100.0% |
CSULB |
Count |
311 |
42 |
353 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
88.1% |
11.9% |
100.0% |
Another CSU |
Count |
32 |
1 |
33 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
97.0% |
3.0% |
100.0% |
Another 4-yr. college/university |
Count |
121 |
26 |
147 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
82.3% |
17.7% |
100.0% |
Non-English speaking university |
Count |
7 |
12 |
19 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
36.8% |
63.2% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1189 |
261 |
1450 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
82.0% |
18.0% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
Valid |
6.00 |
9 |
.6 |
.6 |
.6 |
7.00 |
18 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
8.00 |
25 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
3.5 |
9.00 |
112 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
11.1 |
10.00 |
103 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
18.0 |
11.00 |
154 |
10.4 |
10.4 |
28.4 |
12.00 |
510 |
34.4 |
34.4 |
62.7 |
13.00 |
251 |
16.9 |
16.9 |
79.6 |
14.00 |
153 |
10.3 |
10.3 |
90.0 |
15.00 |
111 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
97.4 |
16.00 |
23 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
99.0 |
17.00 |
11 |
.7 |
.7 |
99.7 |
18.00 |
4 |
.3 |
.3 |
100.0 |
Total |
1484 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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