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Calie has just been named the director of alumni relationships at a local university. Alumni donations are an important source of revenue for colleges and universities. If administrators could determine the factors that could lead to increases in the percentage of alumni who make a donation, they might be able to implement policies that could lead to increased revenues. Research shows that students who are more satisfied with their contact with teachers are more likely to graduate. As a result, one might suspect that smaller class sizes and lower student/faculty ration might lead to a higher percentage of satisfied graduates, which in turn might lead to increases in percentage of alumni who make a donation.

Calie is feeling an extra pressure to increase total giving to the university because of recent budget cuts. Calie is also feeling pressured to increase the percentage of alumni to give. Calie found this new metric called average alumni giving rate U.S. News & World Report.

To investigate further, Joseph needs to assemble the data on classes, graduation rates, and most important, alumni giving rates for top 123 colleges and universities based on alumni giving.

The attached data base shows data of the top 123 colleges ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

Which of the 123 schools has the most (least) impressive giving rate? Discuss your findings. (I dont really understand how it is considered impressive and what to look for)

School	SFR	LT20	GT50	GRAD	FRR	GIVE
Arizona State	24	42%	16%	59%	81%	8%
Arkansas State—Jonesboro	19	49%	4%	37%	69%	11%
Auburn	18	24%	17%	66%	87%	31%
Air Force	8	74%	0.10%	81%	88%	11%
Military Academy	8	95%	0%	86%	92%	28%
Akron	20	39%	6%	35%	69%	15%
Arizona	20	35%	17%	60%	79%	5%
Arkansas	18	28%	18%	58%	83%	23%
Ball State	18	34%	12%	57%	78%	11%
Baylor	14	49%	9%	71%	85%	14%
Boise State	21	33%	11%	27%	67%	8%
Boston College	14	47%	6%	91%	96%	27%
Bowling Green State	19	33%	7%	61%	75%	8%
BYU	21	46%	12%	78%	84%	17%
SUNY	16	36%	21%	67%	88%	9%
Alabama	19	46%	16%	67%	85%	34%
Central Michigan	22	32%	11%	54%	78%	8%
Clemson	16	51%	13%	76%	91%	28%
Colorado State	18	34%	19%	64%	83%	7%
Berkley	17	62%	15%	91%	97%	12%
Cincinnati	17	38%	11%	56%	84%	11%
Boulder	18	38%	16%	68%	84%	8%
Fresno	20	18%	10%	49%	83%	4%
Duke	8	71%	6%	94%	97%	36%
East Carolina	17	33%	14%	57%	78%	5%
Eastern Michigan	18	39%	5%	38%	72%	3%
Florida Atlantic	21	27%	15%	42%	77%	4%
Florida International	28	23%	22%	46%	81%	6%
Florida State	22	35%	16%	74%	90%	19%
Connecticut	18	44%	17%	81%	93%	17%
Florida	21	41%	16%	84%	96%	15%
Georgia IoT	19	40%	23%	80%	93%	28%
Georgia State	20	14%	16%	48%	83%	6%
Georgia	19	35%	12%	82%	94%	14%
Hawaii	14	45%	10%	50%	78%	8%
Houston	23	28%	22%	46%	79%	13%
Indiana	19	34%	18%	71%	90%	16%
Iowa State	17	30%	20%	70%	85%	15%
Kansas State	21	49%	11%	60%	79%	19%
Kent State	20	45%	8%	50%	76%	4%
Idaho	18	45%	10%	55%	78%	11%
Illinois—Urbana-Champaign	16	34%	21%	84%	94%	13%
Iowa	16	49%	12%	70%	84%	12%
Kansas	20	42%	12%	61%	79%	18%
Kentucky	18	30%	16%	58%	80%	12%
Louisiana State—Baton Rouge	22	34%	19%	61%	85%	14%
Louisiana Tech	22	48%	9%	49%	73%	13%
Louisiana—Lafayette	23	30%	7%	40%	74%	7%
Louisiana—Monroe	18	30%	13%	30%	72%	5%
Louisville	18	25%	12%	49%	78%	12%
Marshall	20	38%	4%	44%	71%	10%
Miami	17	32%	12%	80%	89%	16%
Michigan State	16	23%	21%	77%	91%	14%
Middle Tennessee	21	32%	7%	45%	81%	6%
Mississippi State	20	38%	14%	58%	83%	17%
Maryland—College Park	18	35%	16%	81%	94%	10%
Massachusetts—Amherst	19	45%	17%	69%	87%	11%
Memphis	15	36%	11%	40%	76%	6%
Miami	11	53%	7%	80%	90%	17%
Michigan—Ann Arbor	15	48%	16%	90%	96%	15%
Minnesota—Twin Cities	21	38%	19%	70%	89%	13%
Missouri	20	47%	15%	69%	85%	16%
New Mexico State	20	45%	10%	45%	76%	6%
North Carolina State—Raleigh	18	30%	20%	71%	90%	11%
Northern Illinois	17	44%	12%	56%	75%	6%
Northwestern	7	75%	6%	94%	97%	30%
Naval Academy	9	56%	0.10%	89%	97%	21%
Nebraska—Lincoln	20	38%	14%	64%	84%	22%
Nevada—Reno	27	33%	16%	50%	78%	9%
New Mexico	22	40%	14%	44%	78%	7%
North Carolina—Chapel Hill	14	37%	13%	90%	97%	22%
North Texas	23	29%	20%	48%	76%	5%
Notre Dame	12	55%	10%	96%	98%	41%
Ohio State—Columbus	19	32%	20%	78%	93%	15%
Ohio	19	42%	11%	65%	80%	8%
Oklahoma State	19	39%	12%	59%	79%	15%
Oregon State	25	36%	20%	60%	82%	12%
Mississippi	18	46%	13%	59%	80%	13%
Oklahoma	17	41%	11%	64%	83%	19%
Oregon	20	37%	17%	68%	84%	13%
Penn State	17	39%	15%	85%	93%	21%
Purdue	14	37%	17%	69%	87%	19%
Rice	6	69%	8%	92%	97%	32%
Rutgers	15	41%	20%	77%	91%	10%
SDSU	21	22%	24%	66%	83%	2%
San Jose State	25	25%	9%	44%	82%	2%
Southern Methodist	12	58%	8%	74%	89%	19%
Stanford	6	70%	13%	95%	98%	34%
Pittsburgh	14	42%	18%	78%	92%	13%
South Alabama	22	42%	8%	37%	68%	2%
South Carolina	19	38%	11%	68%	87%	17%
South Florida	28	23%	16%	51%	86%	15%
Southern Mississippi	18	43%	11%	47%	74%	13%
Syracuse	16	61%	9%	82%	91%	17%
Temple	19	33%	8%	65%	87%	8%
Texas A&M	19	21%	23%	79%	92%	21%
Texas Christian	13	40%	8%	74%	86%	18%
Texas State	19	19%	19%	55%	78%	5%
Texas Tech	23	22%	24%	63%	82%	15%
Troy	20	58%	4%	40%	72%	9%
Tulane	11	67%	6%	74%	89%	19%
Tennessee	15	31%	8%	60%	85%	11%
Texas—Austin	18	34%	25%	81%	92%	14%
Toledo	19	34%	31%	45%	68%	5%
Alabama—Birmingham	17	39%	15%	41%	79%	13%
UCLA	16	52%	22%	90%	97%	13%
Central Florida	31	28%	23%	63%	86%	16%
UNLV	22	25%	18%	41%	76%	5%
USC	9	63%	11%	89%	97%	39%
Texas—San Antonio	23	24%	23%	26%	58%	5%
Tulsa	11	70%	1%	65%	88%	22%
Utah	15	42%	17%	57%	83%	11%
Utah State	19	32%	18%	56%	74%	8%
Virginia	16	52%	16%	93%	97%	22%
Washington	12	33%	21%	80%	93%	15%
Wyoming	14	42%	10%	53%	73%	10%
Vanderbilt	8	64%	9%	91%	97%	23%
Virginia Tech	17	25%	21%	80%	92%	15%
Wake Forest	11	54%	3%	89%	94%	29%
Washington State	15	37%	22%	69%	83%	13%
West Virginia	23	32%	19%	59%	80%	12%
Western Kentucky	19	43%	6%	49%	73%	13%
Western Michigan	19	36%	11%	52%	74%	10%

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