This 3 sentence summary provides the key details about the document: The document analyzes data on 47 individuals to compare the entrepreneurial quotient (EQ) of entrepreneurs and salaried employees, finding that the average EQ is higher for entrepreneurs (0.84 vs 0.72) and tends to increase with age and education level for entrepreneurs.

1. ASSIGNMENT
for the subject
SMP 2501 Entrepreneurial Development
(Entrepreneurial quotient)
Submitted by
Job Thomas
Roll No. 8
MBA (PT)
SMS, CUSAT
October, 2012

2. Data sheet
Personal ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
AGE 54 38 58 38 54 47 46 40 43 45 45 40 35 42 45
Education
Background 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 2 2 4 2 3 4 5 2
2 4 4 4 4 4 2 5 4 2 5 5 4 4 4 3
3 3 4 4 4 5 2 4 3 3 5 4 5 2 1 3
4 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 5 4 5 2 5 4
5 5 5 4 4 5 2 5 3 4 5 4 5 3 3 1
6 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 1
7 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 2 5 4 4 2 2 2
8 5 5 4 3 3 2 5 5 3 5 3 5 4 2 2
9 5 5 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 2 5
10 4 5 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 3
11 4 4 5 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 4 2
12 5 4 5 3 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3
13 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 5 4 4 2
14 4 4 3 4 3 3 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 2 4
15 5 4 4 3 5 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
16 4 5 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 4
17 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 2 4 3 5 4 4 2
18 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4
19 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 4
20 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4
21 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
22 4 5 5 2 4 2 5 4 2 3 4 4 4 5 4
23 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 5 3 5 2 5 5
24 3 4 5 3 5 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 2
25 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 3
26 5 4 4 3 3 2 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4
27 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 2 4 4
28 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 4 4 5 3 4 4
29 3 4 3 5 4 2 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 3
30 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 3
31 5 4 4 3 5 2 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3
32 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 5 3 5 4 3 3
33 5 5 5 4 4 2 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 3 3
34 4 5 4 5 3 4 3 2 4 5 2 5 4 2 3
35 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 3
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3. 36 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 3 2
37 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 2
38 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 2 3 3
39 4 3 5 5 5 2 4 2 3 5 5 4 4 1 3
40 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 2 5 4 3 4 2 3
41 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
42 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 2 2 4 5 3 3 3 3
43 4 5 5 4 5 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 3
44 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 2 2 4 2 3 4 3 3
45 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 2 4 5 5 4 4 3 3
46 4 4 4 5 5 3 5 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 3
47 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 2 4 5 4 4 4 3 3
Entrepreneurial
quotient (EQ) 0.85 0.86 0.83 0.78 0.88 0.60 0.83 0.67 0.60 0.86 0.77 0.86 0.74 0.67 0.61
Average EQ for real
Entrepreneurs 0.84 Average EQ for salaried class 0.72
Education background code
1. Below graduate
2. Graduate
3. Above graduate
Observations
1) The average entrepreneurial quotient (EQ)of real entrepreneurs is higher than salaried class
people
2) Age of the person influences EQ (Figure 1)
a. Among real entrepreneurs, EQ increases with age.
b. Among salaried class people, EQ decreases with age
3) Based on the sample taken, following conclusions were drawn regarding the relationship
between education back ground and ED (Figure 2)
a. Among real entrepreneurs, EQ increases with educational qualification
b. no influence could be established between EQ and educational qualification among
salaried class employees
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4. Entrepreneurs
1.00
Entrepreneurial Quotient
0.90
0.80
0.70 Linear
(Series1)
0.60
0.50
35 45 55 65
Age (years)
Salaried class
1.00
Entrepreneur quotient
0.90
0.80
0.70 Linear
(Series1)
0.60
0.50
35 40 45 50
Age
Figure 1. Effect of age and entrepreneurial quotient
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5. Entrepreneurs
1.00
Entrepreneurial Quotient
0.90
0.80
0.70 Linear
(Series1)
0.60
0.50
0 1 2 3
Qualification code
Salaried class
1.00
Entrepreneur quotient
0.90
0.80
Linear
0.70 (Series1)
0.60
0.50
0 1 2 3
Qualification code
Figure 2. Effect of education background (qualification) and entrepreneurial quotient
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