The variables in my initial problem statement were those of individual economic status, peer group influence and family contribution. In an attempt to determine whether race serves as a barometer to determine the extent to which one group attends motivational seminars over another. As listed above, the variables that should be considered outside of a person’s race would be an individual’s financial ability to attend such events. Another would be their direct experience with peers who have attended similar events and have had positive to negative successes. Also, the acquaintance an individual has with these types of seminars because of their immediate family’s positive or negative orientation to them could vary the number of attends in each ethnicity.