Question

A large data set contains information about all students majoring in computer science in colleges across the United States. The data set contains the following information about each student. The student’s genderThe state in which the student attends collegeThe student’s grade point average on a 4.0 scale Which of the following questions could be answered by analyzing only information in the data set?
A. Do students majoring in computer science tend to have higher grade point averages than students majoring in other subjects?
B. How many states have a higher percentage of female computer science majors than male computer science majors attending college in that state?
C. What percent of students attending college in a certain state are majoring in computer science?
D. Which college has the highest number of students majoring in computer science?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option is B

B. How many states have a higher percentage of female computer science majors than male computer science majors attending college in that state?

Explanation:

A.We can not analyze that students majoring in computer science tend to have higher grade point averages than students majoring in other subjects because we are only given data sets about computer science not about other majoring subject students

B. Because data set contains attributes of gender and state so we can easily analyze that how many states have a higher percentage of female computer science majors than male computer science majors attending college in that state.

C.We can not analyze that what percent of students attending college in a certain state are majoring in computer science because data sets doesn't contain any information about students other computer science students.

D. We can not analyze that which college has the highest number of students majoring in computer science because data sets doesn't contain attribute of college name.