Portuguese vs Nigerian Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 443,772,910 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Portuguese and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.270 and weighted average of 1.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 330,548,199 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Nigerians and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.136 and weighted average of 1.8%, a difference of 3.4%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Portuguese are Immigrants from Vietnam (1.8%, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Nigeria (1.8%, a difference of 0.23%), White/Caucasian (1.8%, a difference of 0.29%), Immigrants from South America (1.8%, a difference of 0.40%), and Immigrants from Ghana (1.8%, a difference of 0.69%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Nigerians are Finnish (1.8%, a difference of 0.33%), Slovak (1.8%, a difference of 0.57%), Peruvian (1.8%, a difference of 0.89%), Czechoslovakian (1.8%, a difference of 1.1%), and German (1.8%, a difference of 1.6%).