Sam BastienMarshall FisherChris Preston

The World is My Playground…And Life is Pushing My Swing

QuestionWhat correlations are

there among the countries where CMC students have studied

abroad in the last 5 years? How do these

factors affect the number of students who travel to

each country?

CMC Abroad Facts…Fall Spring Total

2004-2005 58 54 112

2005-2006 81 44 125

2006-2007 90 47 137

2007-2008 87 44 131

2008-2009 112 31 143

Most Popular Destinations04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09

1 UK (21)

UK (22)

UK (17)

UK (19)

Argentina (18)

2 Spain (18)

Spain (19)

Spain (13)

Spain (16)

France (15)

3 France (11)

China (11)

Czech Rep. (12)

France (13)

Spain (15)

4 Australia (10)

France (10)

China (11)

Greece (8)

UK (12)

5 Japan(7)

Ecuador (10)

Argentina (10)

Australia (8)

China (11)

Students will ask…Where to Go and Why?

Gain exposure to foreign culturesLearn about different economies

Improve proficiency in foreign languageNetwork with professionals from abroad

Diverse Social SceneAcademics

We considered…

Dependent Variable# of Students

Independent VariablesLiteracy Rate (%)GDP (in billions)

Percentage of Urban PopulationAlcohol Consumption Per Capita

English (Dummy Variable)

HypothesisIndependent Variable Expected Sign

Literacy Rate (%) (+)

GDP (in Billions) (+)

Percentage of Urban Population (+)

Alcohol Consumption per Capita (in liters/year)

(+)

Regression

Regression Statistics

Multiple R 0.562R Square 0.316

Adjusted R Square 0.228Standard Error 16.824Observations 45

df SS MS F Significance F

Regression 5 5088.760 1017.752 3.596 0.009Residual 39 11038.217 283.031Total 44 16126.978

Regression

CoefficientsStandard

Error t Stat P-value

Intercept 20.160 25.882 0.779 0.441

Literacy Rate (%) -0.397 0.305 -1.303 0.200

GDP (in billions) 0.000005 0.000 2.509 0.016Percentage of Urban Population 36.504 21.297 1.714 0.094Alcohol Consumption per Capita (Liters Per Year) 1.905 0.854 2.229 0.032

+ =

Sources

• CMC Study Abroad Office

• http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/ • https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-

world-factbook/index.html• http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publica

tions/alcohol/en/index.html• http://thinkexist.com/quotations/world/