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This study is to explore whether the academic performance in school and the score of entrance examination of Technology Colleges and Junior Colleges are affected by differences in residential area, application channel, and family’s social economic status. The results from analysis will provide some guidance reference for direction of teaching and student recruiting purpose in professional high schools. The sample data are taken from the 3rd grade student records of the year of 2003 in Chin Kuang Senior Commercial & Industrial School. The information of each students is selected such as the grade of academic performance in school, the score of entrance examination of Technology Colleges and Institutes Junior Colleges, residential area, admission channel, and family’s social economic status. The statistical analysis is performed on these five variables. The statistical computer package, SAS, was conducted to calculate percentiles, mean, standard deviation for the two types of scores. Three factors of residential area, admission channel, and family’s social economic status were considered as possible influential factors in three-way analysis of variance. Duncan’s multiple comparisons are also employed to investigate the main effects of the three factors. The results are summarized as following: 1) No interaction effect exists among residential area, admission channel, and family’s social economic status on grade of academic performance in school. 2) No interaction effect exists among residential area, admission channel, and family’s social economic status on score of entrance examination of Technology Colleges and Junior Colleges. 3) Higher grade in Chinese, English, and Mathematics for those students who living in Taipei city than those living in other cities. 4) Higher grade in Chinese, Mathematics, and Practice for those students admitted with application channel. 5) Higher score of entrance examination of Technology Colleges and Junior Colleges in all subjects for those students admitted with application channel. 6) Better performance in Practice for those students with lower social economic status. Better performance in English for those students with higher social economic status.
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