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Next Seminar
Date: Wednesday, April 30rd, 3 pm
Title: Predicting Academic Success of Graduate Students in Statistics.
Presented by: Jennifer Schwartz
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Title: Rates of Sexual Initiation Among American Indian Youth.
Presented by: Michael Black
Refreshments at 2:30 pm in Room 348, Hardin Hall
Abstracts
Predicting Academic Success of Graduate Students in Statistics
The primary objective of this study was to find factors that may predict academic success of students in the MS statistics program. Using these factors, a regression model was created that the graduate committee could potentially use to decide which students to admit into the program. Several measures of success were used, including final MS GPA, completion of the program and final grades for particular classes.
Rates of Sexual Initiation Among American Indian Youth
During adolescence sexual interests become more common. By the age of 19, 92% of adolescents in Western industrialized cultures have had a history of sexual intercourse, with the average age of sexual initiation about 15 years old. Since youth account for 25% of new sexually transmitted infections (STI), there is a concern about what factors are encouraging or inhibiting sexual initiation. We looked at factors that affect the risk of early sexual initiation among American Indian youth. We wanted to see what factors that affect the general population apply to American Indian Youth and what factors might differ. Data were collected from an ongoing longitudinal survey of American Indian youth from a cross section of reservations in the upper Midwest and Canada. Analysis was carried out using generalized estimating equations in PROC GENMOD.
