Sri Lankan vs Immigrants from South America Master's Degree

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 440,331,802 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Sri Lankans and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.419 and weighted average of 14.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 486,157,509 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from South America and percentage of population with at least master's degree education in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.163 and weighted average of 15.5%, a difference of 5.2%.

Master's Degree Correlation Summary

Measurement	Sri Lankan	Immigrants from South America
Minimum	0.51%	2.5%
Maximum	25.0%	35.5%
Range	24.5%	33.0%
Mean	10.5%	15.0%
Median	10.3%	14.1%
Interquartile 25% (IQ1)	5.7%	10.9%
Interquartile 75% (IQ3)	15.3%	16.8%
Interquartile Range (IQR)	9.7%	5.9%
Standard Deviation (Sample)	5.5%	6.8%
Standard Deviation (Population)	5.4%	6.8%

Similar Demographics by Master's Degree

Demographics Similar to Sri Lankans by Master's Degree

In terms of master's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Sri Lankans are Immigrants from Zaire (14.7%, a difference of 0.020%), Czech (14.7%, a difference of 0.10%), Barbadian (14.7%, a difference of 0.18%), Swiss (14.7%, a difference of 0.20%), and Celtic (14.8%, a difference of 0.22%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Master's Degree
Nigerians	48.6 /100 \| #176	Average 14.9%
Immigrants \| Colombia	48.3 /100 \| #177	Average 14.9%
English	45.0 /100 \| #178	Average 14.8%
Immigrants \| Iraq	41.3 /100 \| #179	Average 14.8%
Celtics	41.3 /100 \| #180	Average 14.8%
Swiss	41.1 /100 \| #181	Average 14.7%
Czechs	40.4 /100 \| #182	Average 14.7%
Sri Lankans	39.6 /100 \| #183	Fair 14.7%
Immigrants \| Zaire	39.5 /100 \| #184	Fair 14.7%
Barbadians	38.3 /100 \| #185	Fair 14.7%
Immigrants \| Oceania	37.1 /100 \| #186	Fair 14.7%
Basques	36.5 /100 \| #187	Fair 14.7%
Immigrants \| Costa Rica	36.2 /100 \| #188	Fair 14.7%
Immigrants \| Immigrants	36.0 /100 \| #189	Fair 14.6%
Spaniards	35.8 /100 \| #190	Fair 14.6%

Demographics Similar to Immigrants from South America by Master's Degree

In terms of master's degree, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from South America are Immigrants from Bangladesh (15.5%, a difference of 0.040%), Icelander (15.5%, a difference of 0.090%), Slavic (15.5%, a difference of 0.12%), Iraqi (15.5%, a difference of 0.17%), and Slovene (15.5%, a difference of 0.29%).

Demographics	Rating \| Rank	Master's Degree
Hungarians	79.1 /100 \| #147	Good 15.6%
Immigrants \| Senegal	78.2 /100 \| #148	Good 15.5%
Ghanaians	78.2 /100 \| #149	Good 15.5%
Slovenes	78.0 /100 \| #150	Good 15.5%
Iraqis	77.3 /100 \| #151	Good 15.5%
Slavs	77.0 /100 \| #152	Good 15.5%
Icelanders	76.8 /100 \| #153	Good 15.5%
Immigrants \| South America	76.3 /100 \| #154	Good 15.5%
Immigrants \| Bangladesh	76.1 /100 \| #155	Good 15.5%
Bermudans	73.9 /100 \| #156	Good 15.4%
Immigrants \| Cameroon	71.7 /100 \| #157	Good 15.4%
Immigrants \| Poland	71.5 /100 \| #158	Good 15.4%
Luxembourgers	71.0 /100 \| #159	Good 15.3%
Kenyans	70.3 /100 \| #160	Good 15.3%
Sudanese	68.7 /100 \| #161	Good 15.3%