Writing Proficiency Exam: Pass/Fail Rates for July 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 |
1580 |
79.6 |
79.6 |
79.6 |
Fail |
405 |
20.4 |
20.4 |
100.0 |
Total |
1985 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|

|
N |
Valid |
1985 |
Missing |
0 |
Mean |
11.8332 |
Std. Deviation |
1.87618 |
Minimum |
.00 |
Maximum |
18.00 |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
College |
The Arts |
Count |
184 |
56 |
240 |
% within College |
76.7% |
23.3% |
100.0% |
Business Administration |
Count |
226 |
94 |
320 |
% within College |
70.6% |
29.4% |
100.0% |
Education |
Count |
75 |
15 |
90 |
% within College |
83.3% |
16.7% |
100.0% |
Engineering |
Count |
95 |
48 |
143 |
% within College |
66.4% |
33.6% |
100.0% |
Health and Human Services |
Count |
222 |
43 |
265 |
% within College |
83.8% |
16.2% |
100.0% |
Liberal Arts |
Count |
370 |
48 |
418 |
% within College |
88.5% |
11.5% |
100.0% |
Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
Count |
108 |
21 |
129 |
% within College |
83.7% |
16.3% |
100.0% |
University Academic Programs |
Count |
10 |
1 |
11 |
% within College |
90.9% |
9.1% |
100.0% |
Undeclared/don't know |
Count |
33 |
3 |
36 |
% within College |
91.7% |
8.3% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1323 |
329 |
1652 |
% within College |
80.1% |
19.9% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Class status |
Undergraduate |
Count |
1392 |
348 |
1740 |
% within Class status |
80.0% |
20.0% |
100.0% |
Graduate Student |
Count |
138 |
45 |
183 |
% within Class status |
75.4% |
24.6% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1530 |
393 |
1923 |
% within Class status |
79.6% |
20.4% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Sex |
Male |
Count |
724 |
180 |
904 |
% within Sex |
80.1% |
19.9% |
100.0% |
Female |
Count |
808 |
214 |
1022 |
% within Sex |
79.1% |
20.9% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1532 |
394 |
1926 |
% within Sex |
79.5% |
20.5% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Is English your native language? |
Yes |
Count |
1138 |
93 |
1231 |
% within Is English your native language? |
92.4% |
7.6% |
100.0% |
No |
Count |
380 |
298 |
678 |
% within Is English your native language? |
56.0% |
44.0% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1518 |
391 |
1909 |
% within Is English your native language? |
79.5% |
20.5% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
|
|
Pass or Fail |
Total |
Pass |
Fail
|
Where did you take freshman comp? |
Community college |
Count |
830 |
273 |
1103 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
75.2% |
24.8% |
100.0% |
CSULB |
Count |
497 |
84 |
581 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
85.5% |
14.5% |
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 |
129 |
8 |
137 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
94.2% |
5.8% |
100.0% |
Non-English speaking university |
Count |
12 |
24 |
36 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
33.3% |
66.7% |
100.0% |
Total |
Count |
1500 |
390 |
1890 |
% within Where did you take freshman comp? |
79.4% |
20.6% |
100.0% |

|
|
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
Valid |
.00 |
2 |
.1 |
.1 |
.1 |
3.00 |
1 |
.1 |
.1 |
.2 |
5.00 |
1 |
.1 |
.1 |
.2 |
6.00 |
9 |
.5 |
.5 |
.7 |
7.00 |
16 |
.8 |
.8 |
1.5 |
8.00 |
49 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
3.9 |
9.00 |
184 |
9.3 |
9.3 |
13.2 |
10.00 |
143 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
20.4 |
11.00 |
235 |
11.8 |
11.8 |
32.2 |
12.00 |
724 |
36.5 |
36.5 |
68.7 |
13.00 |
325 |
16.4 |
16.4 |
85.1 |
14.00 |
158 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
93.0 |
15.00 |
101 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
98.1 |
16.00 |
23 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
99.3 |
17.00 |
8 |
.4 |
.4 |
99.7 |
18.00 |
6 |
.3 |
.3 |
100.0 |
Total |
1985 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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