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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can’t average a ranking. These are ordinal numbers. There’s no underlying zero. You can’t add them up and then divide.

But you all keep doing your DCUM status obsession thing.[/quote]

Why is it an issue if they’re ordinal numbers - the schools that rank the highest in the most places are more than likely the best, especially c[b]onsidering each ranking has different methodologies. MIT [/b]clearly does well in all the major criteria of what a good college is - Great financial aid, high ROI, great student resources, top-notch teaching, etc. That’s why it’s ranked #1 on so many different publications.[/quote]

This one has so many errors snd unreliable 
Let this thread die
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Clearly, you did not attend MIT otherwise you would know why averaging multiple indices is bad statistics. [/quote]

Clearly you failed HS
Didn't you see the thread?? 
It wasn't even averaged right, missing data, etc. 
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Relax, only two schools were missed, and they were added on after. Not that big of a deal. The averaging all seems correct.[/quote]

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