Analyzing NYC High School Data
New York City has published data on student SAT scores by high school, along with additional demographic data sets. SAT scores by school - SAT scores for each high school in New York City School attendance - Attendance information for each school in New York City Class size - Information on class size for each school AP test results - Advanced Placement (AP) exam results for each high school (passing an optional AP exam in a particular subject can earn a student college credit in that subject) Graduation outcomes - The percentage of students who graduated, and other outcome information Demographics - Demographic information for each school School survey - Surveys of parents, teachers, and students at each school
New York City has a significant immigrant population and is very diverse, so comparing demographic factors such as race, income, and gender with SAT scores is a good way to determine whether the SAT is a fair test. For example, if certain racial groups consistently perform better on the SAT, we would have some evidence that the SAT is unfair.
In the last mission, I began performing some analysis. I'll extend that analysis in this mission. The dataframe combined contains all of the data we'll be using in our analysis.