> You're confusing the total number of people who have degrees with new graduates.
Yes you're right. The original data said new graduates. I got sidetracked by the formulation in your comment. I removed the false calculation.
> The only thing we can calculate with the numbers given is the ratio of new graduates who have parents with degrees to those who have parents without degrees.
Yea that ratio is 2 and 1/4 respectively? I don't even know how to put in words what we get by dividing the percentage of new grads with degree holding parents by the percentage of degree holders with college age children among the general population. Nothing useful?
Yes you're right. The original data said new graduates. I got sidetracked by the formulation in your comment. I removed the false calculation.
> The only thing we can calculate with the numbers given is the ratio of new graduates who have parents with degrees to those who have parents without degrees.
Yea that ratio is 2 and 1/4 respectively? I don't even know how to put in words what we get by dividing the percentage of new grads with degree holding parents by the percentage of degree holders with college age children among the general population. Nothing useful?