Eastern European vs Chinese Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 454,559,491 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Eastern Europeans and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.400 and weighted average of 2.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 64,665,002 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Chinese and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.126 and weighted average of 1.8%, a difference of 59.8%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Eastern Europeans are Immigrants from India (2.8%, a difference of 0.32%), Immigrants from Australia (2.8%, a difference of 0.70%), Immigrants from Sri Lanka (2.8%, a difference of 0.94%), Immigrants from Japan (2.8%, a difference of 1.3%), and Immigrants from France (2.9%, a difference of 1.5%).

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Chinese are Subsaharan African (1.8%, a difference of 0.0%), Immigrants from Somalia (1.8%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Ghana (1.8%, a difference of 0.080%), Uruguayan (1.8%, a difference of 0.23%), and Immigrants from South America (1.8%, a difference of 0.37%).