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Since you work in the Department of Education and are a trained statistician, your supervisor has asked that you assist the Head of the Admissions...

Since you work in the Department of Education and are a trained statistician, your supervisor has asked that you assist the Head of the Admissions Department. You have been given the MIDWEST SCHOLASTIC DATA file to develop a detailed statistical plan that the Admissions Officer can use to determine which students are most successful at her university. THE DATA: Your data, the MIDWEST SCHOLASTIC DATA file, contains a number of variables. The database contains information on all undergraduate students at the University of West Erlham County - (UWEC). 13 variables are considered for each student: sex (SEX), high school percentile (HSP), cumulative GPA (GPA), age (AGE), total credits earned (CREDITS), classification (CLASS), school/college (COLLEGE), primary major (MAJOR), residency (RESIDENCY), admission type (TYPE), ACT English score (ENGLISH), ACT math score (MATH), and ACT composition score (COMP). YOUR INSTRUCTOR WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO GET THE DATA INTO DATA DESK.1. Review each of the variables individually, especially graphically. Look for anything unusual such as outliers.2. Review the variables in pairs – look for variables that are closely related.3. Decide which variables will be useful predictor variables. 3. Fit a linear model (i.e. use regression) to all the variables that appear to be important. 4. When you are making your recommendations to the Admissions Officer, use your work to see if differently qualified students do better in certain majors and divisions 5. Prepare to document your work in two parts.

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