Case Questions

Q1) What is the profile of the students who were enrolled in this MBA Program?
(Hint: Ask yourself what type of information would you like to have if you were
considering enrolling in their MBA program)
Ans: I would to know about the student
1.
2.
3.
4.

Age
Total Gmat score
Year of working experience
Language chosen

Q2) Provide the following summary statistics and graphical information on their
starting salary & degree of satisfaction:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)

Mean
Median
Standard Deviation
Minimum
Maximum
Range
Histogram
Response Rate (no of people who answered the question(s) vs total students)
Scatterplot & Correlation between their salary and their degree of satisfaction

Statistics
salary
N

Valid

satis

193

228

81

46

Mean

5.50E4

5.57

Median

8.50E4

6.00

5.315E4

.980

220000

Minimum

Maximum

220000

Missing

Std. Deviation
Range

g)

h) total students: 274

number of people who answered the questions in salaries are: 193
response rate: 70.43%
number of people who answered the questions in degree of satisfaction are: 228
response rate: 83.21%

j) Correlation:

Correlations
salary
salary

Pearson Correlation

satis
1

Sig. (2-tailed)
N
satis

.030
193

193

Pearson Correlation

.156*

Sig. (2-tailed)

.030

193

*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

k)

.156*

228

Q3) Provide the following summary statistics on starting salary & degree of
satisfaction for males and females:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Mean
Median
Standard Deviation
Minimum
Maximum
Range

Table 1
salary
Standard
Mean
sex

Median

Minimum

Maximum

Range

Deviation

54373

88500

162000

162000

53547

56560

85000

220000

220000

52587

Which gender earns more on average? Compare and comment on the dispersion of
salaries for both male and females.
On average female earn more than male but more dispersion can be found in male
that is 53547

Q4) Provide the following summary statistics on starting salary & degree of
satisfaction for those whose first language is English and for those whose first
language is not English:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Mean
Median
Standard Deviation
Minimum
Maximum
Range

Which group earns more on average? Compare and comment on the dispersion of
salaries for both those whose first language is English and for those whose first
language is not English.

Report
frstlang
1

salary
Mean

5.49E4

5.66

5.187E4

.904

8.50E4

6.00

Minimum

Maximum

162000

Range

162000

Mean

5.63E4

4.79

6.873E4

1.250

.00

5.00

Minimum

Maximum

220000

Range

220000

Mean

5.50E4

5.57

5.315E4

.980

8.50E4

6.00

Minimum

Maximum

220000

Range

220000

Std. Deviation
Median

Std. Deviation
Median

Total

satis

Std. Deviation
Median

Q5) In Questions 2, 3 & 4, did you exclude any observations? If so, then which ones
were excluded, why were they excluded and how did you exclude them? If not, then
explain why not?

Q6) Can starting salaries be predicted based on this data? If so, then state how. Run
any data analysis procedures you think are need in order to predict starting salaries.

Variables Entered/Removedb

Model
1

Variables

Variables

Entered

Removed

quarter,

Method
. Enter

work_yrsa
a. All requested variables entered.
b. Dependent Variable: salary

Model Summary

Model

R Square

.164a

Adjusted R

Std. Error of the

Square

Estimate

.027

.017

52706.864

a. Predictors: (Constant), quarter, work_yrs

ANOVAb
Model
1

Sum of Squares

df

Mean Square

Regression

1.461E10

7.306E9

Residual

5.278E11

190

2.778E9

Total

5.424E11

192

a. Predictors: (Constant), quarter, work_yrs

b. Dependent Variable: salary

F
2.630

Sig.
.075a

Coefficientsa
Standardized
Unstandardized Coefficients
Model
1

Std. Error

(Constant)

77339.436

10520.343

work_yrs

-1052.814

1039.650

quarter

-7533.586

3472.900

a. Dependent Variable: salary

Coefficients
Beta

95% Confidence Interval for B

t

Sig.

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

7.351

.000

56587.763

98091.108

-.073

-1.013

.313

-3103.552

997.925

-.156

-2.169

.031

-14383.980

-683.192