Abstract:The National Secondary Education Examination -ENEM was created in 1998 with the purpose of evaluating the performance of graduates from the last stage of basic education in Brazil. However, today, this exam has taken on a relevant position as it has become the main gateway to undergraduate courses for the overwhelming majority of Brazilian universities. The initial hypothesis -seed of this debate -is that some statistical variables can influence the rate of correct answers in the ENEM, especially the variables… Show more
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