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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Hispanic males"”.
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Examinig Inter-Personal Relationships that May Influence the High Dropout Rate of Hispanic Males
The Hispanic population in the United States has increased exponentially in the past 10 years. As many Hispanics enter the United States and the public education system, far too many do not graduate. During the 2010 -2011 school year, the total enrollment of Hispanics in grades 9th through 12th in …
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Factors Influencing College Readiness: Supports and Barriers Experienced by Academically Resilient First-Generation Hispanic Males
… barriers experienced by nine first-generation Hispanic male high school students who met the college entrance requirements for the University of California and California State University systems. Research indicates that Hispanic males lag behind other underrepresented populations when it comes …
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Digging deeper : a case study on Hispanic male students' post-secondary plans in a rural Texas high school.
The academic achievement gap between Hispanic males and other demographic groups is not a new problem. Historically, due to years of marginalization, language barriers, and suppression, Hispanic males underperform academically compared to their demographic counterparts. While more Hispanic males …
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An Analysis of the Subjective Socioeconomic Scale among Hispanic Immigrants and Caucasians
… community, and nation. Both an immigrant Hispanic and a Caucasian sample were studied (31 Hispanic males; 42 Hispanic females; 38 Caucasian males, 40 Caucasians females). Childhood SES was the most significant predictor of self-reported health in both sample groups.</p>
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Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Health in Ethnically Diverse Older Adults
… a rise in dementia cases, particularly among females and ethnic minority groups. Physical activity (PA) may mitigate the effects of aging on brain health and promote cognition in older adults, with benefits varying by biological sex and ethnicity. Data from the Health and Aging Brain Study – …
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The Importance of Individual and Population Variation to Human Stature Estimation
… The sample to be examined consists of 22 Hispanic males with known stature and long bone lengths, drawn from the Forensic Data Bank. This data was applied to some of the most commonly used equations today, including: Trotter and Gleser’s Korean War equations, Hispanic and American White …
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The Importance of Individual and Population Variation to Human Stature Estimation
… The sample to be examined consists of 22 Hispanic males with known stature and long bone lengths, drawn from the Forensic Data Bank. This data was applied to some of the most commonly used equations today, including: Trotter and Gleser’s Korean War equations, Hispanic and American White …
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Differential Item Functioning on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
… The groups analyzed were: White, Black, and Hispanic males, and White and Black females. It was hypothesized that DIF would be found, at the scale level, on several of the ASVAB sub-tests as a result of unintended latent trait demands of items. In particular, those tests comprised of items …
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The criminal disparity between African American and Caucasian males: Police use of excessive and deadly force in the United States, 1991 - 2014
… and injustice against African American males, females and other minorities. Are law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system allowing police officers the right to desecrate minorities through the use of excessive and deadly force? This research focuses on the consequences of …
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Seeking Success: A Case Study of African American Male Retention at a Two-Year College
… States. African American students, specifically males, are not being retained and graduating. This problem is even more evident for students that attend two year colleges. African American male students lag behind white males, Hispanic males and African American females, in retention and …
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Examining the Effects of Gender, Poverty, Attendance, and Ethnicity on Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry Performance in a Public High School
… in students' mathematics achievement among Black males, Black females, Hispanic males, and Hispanic females. Data were gathered, merged, and transferred into a Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 19.0 (IBM, 2010) for analysis. The findings indicate that attendance and family SES …