Cultural Factors And Female Hispanic Students Attitude Towards College

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CHAPTER FOUR
Proposed Data Analysis Plan
To describe the sample in this study and to answer the proposed three research questions, the following analyses will be used:

Description of the Sample
In describing the sample, the following data will be presented; distribution of subjects’ income, parents’ level of education, and distribution of subjects’ mean response values in the areas of self-handicapping, self-efficacy, and capital. A Pearson correlation and Standard Equation Modeling (SEM) will be conducted to identify linear relationships and the relationships between the measured variables respectively. To determine how the factors are connected, the distribution of subjects’ holistic mean response will be used to prepare semi-structured …show more content…

H0: There is no significant statistical relationship between cultural factors and female Hispanic students’ attitude towards college.
Ha: There is significant statistical relationship between cultural factors and female Hispanic students’ attitude towards college.

RQB: Is there a significant statistical relationship between socioeconomic factors and female Hispanic students’ attitude towards college?
H0: There is no significant statistical relationship between socioeconomic factors and female Hispanic students’ attitude towards college.
Ha: There is significant statistical relationship between socioeconomic factors and female Hispanic students’ attitude towards college.

Research Question #3
RQ: Is there a significant statistical relationship between parents’ attitude towards college and students’ level of education attained.
H0: There is no significant statistical relationship between parents’ attitude towards college and students’ level of education attained.
Ha: There is significant statistical relationship between parents’ attitude towards college and students’ level of education …show more content…

SEM is a multivariate measure used to understand patterns among a set of multiple variables and to assess if meaninness and adequacy in the model.Given that multiple cultural and socioeconomic factors will serve as independent variables and academic achievement and attainment are the dependent variables, a SEM data analysis is the appropriate approach to consider the relationships across multiple