More girls drop out of school than boys. Give reasons for this. (chapter women change the world.)

The social contact theory states that

For each of the following examples of data, determine which scale of measurement is used. a) the number of miles joggers run per week. b) the starting salaries of graduates of mba programs c) the months in which a firm's employees choose to take their vacations. d) the final letter grades received by students in a math course.

Why would someone who is studying the history or culture of this time. find this text interesting important or useful?