Sentence examples for proportion drop from inspiring English sources

One contributing factor to this shortage is that, while many individuals enter college with the intention of pursuing a science-related career, a significant proportion drop the STEM major for a variety of reasons (PCAST, 2012; Chen, 2013).

A third remark relates to budget impact, which should be estimated by multiplying not only the n of a target population with the intervention cost, but should also take into account that a certain proportion of eligible dyads reject the invitation to participate and a further proportion drop out after initially agreeing to participate.

In Georgia, the proportion dropped from 98% to just 7%.

Last year that proportion dropped to 84percentt, and so far in 2009 it is 77percentt.

And a large proportion drops out before they graduate but still have the burden of debt".

When he says that most people don't want it, the proportion dropped to 48 percent.

On long-haul flights, the proportion dropped from 34% to 23%.

Among those 77 and older, the proportion drops to about a third.

There are fewer fundamentalists, this proportion dropping from 31% to 24% while those not concerned grew from 16% to 22%.

The proportion drops higher up in the judicial system, with women taking 21 of 106 high court positions.

On average: "While teens' music taste is dominated by incredibly popular music, this proportion drops steadily through peoples' 20s, before their tastes "mature" in their early 30s.