Table E-28-2.   Among high school seniors who took or planned to take the SAT or the ACT, percentage who took or planned to take various steps to prepare for these tests, by type of preparation, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2004

Sex and race/ethnicity	Took or planned to take a special course at high school		Took or planned to take commercial SAT/ACT preparation course		Took or planned to take private one-to-one tutoring for SAT/ACT		Studied or planned to study from SAT/ACT preparation books		Used or planned to use SAT/ACT preparation video tape		Used or planned to use SAT/ACT preparation computer program
Total	21.4		14.0		10.6		62.2		4.4		36.5
Sex
Male	21.7		12.8		9.8		53.1		4.6		32.1
Female	21.1		15.1		11.3		70.2		4.3		40.3
Race/ethnicity
White	19.0		11.9		8.8		58.2		3.4		33.8
Black	29.2		19.2		20.0		76.6		8.1		49.1
Hispanic	24.5		15.1		10.9		64.4		7.6		37.0
Asian	25.7		28.2		10.8		76.8		1.6		37.6
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		12.0	!	‡		62.5		‡		36.0
Two or more races	24.2		17.8		11.4		61.5		4.1	!	39.7
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	19.1		11.4		7.5		49.5		3.8		29.0
Black	31.2		17.7		22.0		69.3		9.0		44.8
Hispanic	24.1		11.2		11.5		52.0		4.7		35.9
Asian	22.5		23.3		9.3		70.4		1.6	!	29.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	27.8		13.6		‡		48.4		4.4	!	37.7
Female
White	18.9		12.2		10.0		66.1		3.0		38.0
Black	27.5		20.5		18.3		83.3		7.2		53.0
Hispanic	24.8		18.1		10.5		74.0		9.8		37.9
Asian	28.8		33.1		12.2		83.2		1.6	!	46.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	21.2		21.3		15.3		72.8		3.8	!	41.3

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate exceeds 30 percent.

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

NOTE: Estimates were weighted by F1QWT. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/2004), "Base-Year, 2002" and "First Follow-up, 2004."