A Comparative Study on Academic Achievement of Mathematics and English with Other Subjects of Secondary Level in BTR of Assam, India, Using Mahalanobis Distance

Table 1

The descriptive statistics for total tribal and nontribal students.

Category	Statistics	Mathematics	General science	Social studies	English
Total		2008	2008	2008	2008
	Mean	47.09	47.31	53.12	47.48
	SD	17.541	14.418	14.574	16.054
	SE	0.391	0.322	0.325	0.358
Tribal		1004	1004	1004	1004
	Mean	45.01	45.60	51.11	45.47
	SD	14.814	12.690	12.955	14.648
	SE	0.468	0.400	0.409	0.462
Nontribal		1004	1004	1004	1004
	Mean	49.18	49.02	55.14	49.50
	SD	19.686	15.782	15.782	17.117
	SE	0.621	0.498	0.498	0.540