German vs Scotch-Irish Master's Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 579,621,104 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Germans and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.262 and weighted average of 14.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 548,205,332 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Scotch-Irish and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.362 and weighted average of 14.4%, a difference of 2.7%.

In terms of master's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Germans are Norwegian (14.0%, a difference of 0.15%), French Canadian (14.1%, a difference of 0.50%), Immigrants from Somalia (14.1%, a difference of 0.75%), Immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago (14.1%, a difference of 0.75%), and Immigrants from Vietnam (14.1%, a difference of 0.82%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Panamanian (14.4%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Western Africa (14.4%, a difference of 0.010%), Yugoslavian (14.4%, a difference of 0.13%), French (14.4%, a difference of 0.24%), and Trinidadian and Tobagonian (14.4%, a difference of 0.27%).