Research Question:
   Do veteran students take the 
    same majors as non-veteran 
    students?
   
    Special Considerations:
   --Focus on STEM majors (will help us group the 
    variable).
   --Results must be understandable and explainable.
  Data and Choice of Statistical Tests
  
   Data Type: Veteran Status and Major are 
   Categorical.
  
   Major data grouped into college categories: 
   (STEM, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, 
   Business, Health and Education.
  
   Would like to see if a relationship exists between 
   two categorical variables (nominal).
  
   Pearson’s Chi-square test for Independence.
  Karl Pearson (1857-1936)
   
    Credited with Establishing Mathematical 
    Statistics.
   
    Linear Regression, Correlation, Standard 
    Deviation, Kurtosis.
   
    Classification of Probability Distributions.
   
    Chi-Square Distribution Rediscovery 
    Introduced in July 1900.
 Karl Pearson, 1890 and 1910
  Descriptive Statistics Results
   
    Veterans tend to be male and transfer 
    students.
   
    Freshman (3) and Postbacc veterans (11) 
    excluded in the analysis.
   
    Choice of comparison group data: Student 
    status (freshman vs. transfer) important, 
    gender not.
   
    VetStatsF2013.xlsx