The table below gives information about students studying in six departments in an Australian university in 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The given table displays data on undergraduates who
study
in six departments in an Australian
college in the year 2011. The six departments include Humanities
, Education, Science, Physics, IT, and Engineering.
Overall
, more Australian
female students
chose to study
Humanities
than any other department, in contrast
with the ones whose first language is not English and who were born outside Australia, who chose to study
Humanities
the least. The IT is the most popular department for students
who did
not speak English as their native language.
As can be seen from the table, just over 70% of females decided to Wrong verb form
do
study
in the Humanities
department, but IT was the least popular choice for this
group, at 17%. Just nearly half of students
whose first language is not Australian
studied at the IT and Science departments, at 49% and 45% respectively. On the contrary
to female students
, just over 10% of students
who did not speak Australian
as their mother tongue chose to study
Humanities
.
Looking at the table in more detail, the number of students
who were not born in Australia studying IT and Physics was the same, at 56%. The second most popular subject chosen by this
group was Engineering, at 48%. Humanities
and Education were among the least favourite subjects chosen by this
group, at 20% and 23% respectively.Submitted by kelsey.aston.aie on
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