Week 03 (part 2)

In the College Education Survey two questions were asked to all the participants: "What race do you consider your self; 'White,' 'African American,' 'Asian,' 'Hispanic,' 'Native American,' 'Pacific Islander,' or 'Other' ?" and "Did your parents graduate High School?". The races were abbreviated into W, AA, A, H, NA, PI, or O. If either the mother or the father graduated a Y was put next to a box that indicated the child's race, N was put if neither parent did. All of the Y's were then asked "Did they graduate College?".

Out of eleven Whites all eleven graduated high school and nine graduated College.
Hispanics, the race equally found to survey, had 9 High School graduates and only four College graduates.
For both Asian and African American two were questioned. All four graduated High School while no African Americans graduated College and only one Asian did.
With only one "Other" there was no College graduates but one did finish High School.
No Native Americans, or Pacific Islanders were found.

I infer that Whites still predominately have a higher education than other races.

A comment I noticed while doing the survey was "My mom did but my dad didn't." In relation to our class discussions and previously obtained knowledge that comment really shocked me. Out of the High School graduates that also went to College both parents finished High School but over half of the ones that earned a College degree were females. The Y's only in High School were just about evenly split, mom yes but dad no, or vise versa.

I feel like the results were not very accurate. The people questioned were selected according to the classes I have. If I had any remedial or all Advance Placement classes then my results would of been different, both in the graduates and race. In the 2000's there are more multiracial or "mixed" kids than the 50's or 60's, especially living in Florida.