Scandinavian vs German Doctorate Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 462,476,987 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Scandinavians and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.306 and weighted average of 1.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 551,426,509 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Germans and percentage of population with at least doctorate degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.050 and weighted average of 1.8%, a difference of 2.8%.

In terms of doctorate degree, the demographic groups most similar to Scandinavians are Ghanaian (1.8%, a difference of 0.050%), French (1.8%, a difference of 0.12%), Iraqi (1.8%, a difference of 0.18%), Spanish (1.8%, a difference of 0.19%), and Immigrants from Thailand (1.8%, a difference of 0.21%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Germans are French Canadian (1.8%, a difference of 0.040%), Immigrants from Costa Rica (1.8%, a difference of 0.060%), South American (1.8%, a difference of 0.18%), Czechoslovakian (1.8%, a difference of 0.45%), and Dutch (1.8%, a difference of 0.57%).