South American vs Chinese Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 486,603,366 people shows no correlation between the proportion of South Americans and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.032 and weighted average of 1.8%. 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 0.86%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to South Americans are Immigrants from Costa Rica (1.8%, a difference of 0.12%), French Canadian (1.8%, a difference of 0.13%), German (1.8%, a difference of 0.18%), Dutch (1.8%, a difference of 0.39%), and German Russian (1.8%, a difference of 0.46%). Similarly, 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%).