What effects does having a job have on a students GPA?

Group C7: Rachel Fahner, Jordan Maiocco, Glenna Sorrell

EDT 180C

Gary Lewallen

April 18, 2017

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For our research project we decided to do what effects having a job has on a student's

GPA. We started off asking simple questions such as what gender, what grade, and what GPA the

student has. Then we asked questions more pertaining to our research question such as, In what

college is the student enrolled, Does the student have a job, How many hours a week does

the student work, Is their job on or off campus, and Is the job more active or less active. For

collecting data we used google forms. Students from Professor Lewallens classes took our

survey, giving us the data we needed. After everybody took the different surveys we ended up

having 127 people complete our survey.

For our gender part of the survey our chart showed us that there was sixty more females

than males. There was ninety-three females and only thirty-three males. This shows there are

more than double the amount of females. Most of the students who took our survey did not state
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if they were they were an other gender or if they prefer not to say.
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When comparing the numbers of males to females, there were more females who

answered the survey. Even though less males answered the survey when comparing their average

GPA to the females average GPA they had a higher average than the females.
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Out of the 127 respondents, 65 were Freshmen, 30 were Sophomore, 24 were Juniors,

and 7 were Seniors.

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Out of the 37 Freshmen surveyed their average GPA was 3.32. The 30 Sophomore that

were surveyed their average GPA was 3.05. The 24 Juniors that were surveyed their average GPA

was 3.12. The 7 Seniors that were surveyed their average GPA was 3.19.
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Of the students surveyed, the average GPA was a 3.21. Of all the GPAs, the median GPA was a

3.20. The max GPA was 4.25 while the minimum was 1. According to the ASU GPA calculator

the average GPA of 3.20 is a letter grade of a B and the minimum GPA of 1 is a letter grade of a

D.
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The different colleges that students are enrolled in had many different options. The Mary Lou

Fulton, Teachers College had the most students enrolled with fifty-three students.

Through our research, we have found that there are plenty of attributes that can have an

impact on ones grade point average. We have also found that, in many cases, a students GPA

will drop significantly during their sophomore year of college. Our research proved that students

who do not have a job have a significantly higher GPA than those who do have a job. This could

be clearly related to the surplus of time that those students have to spend on their studies. If we

were to do our research over again, I would like to ask students whether their job was primarily

in the mornings, the nighttime, or overnights to see if that also had an impact on their GPA.