Statistics Assignment 2
Why do test scores need to be adjusted??

There are many uneven forces influencing student achievement that require adjustment before an attempt is made to analyze and compare data. One major adjustment is required for Socioeconomic data. Here we use the proxy of free and reduced lunches for SES.

Data was adjusted for SES in the following data set.  The adjusted scores are indicated by the "ADJ" heading and are at the right side of the data set.
Adjusted Data Set
Data Analysis
Data can now be analyzed the data set to determine relationships among the dependent and independent variables through completing a Linear Regression.  The analysis I completed was with student behavior defined as Student Motivation (stu.mot), Students Sick (sickstu), Student Behavior in Class (behavcl), and Student Behavios at School (behavsc) with the adjusted Georgia English and Math Tests Scores.

The following is a data output for each of these comparisions.

Georgia English

Georgia Math
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