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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^disagree about Bates climbing.[/quote]
Disagree? Bates must’ve missed your memo, because their endowment has doubled in the last decade, and they’ve been aggressively expanding research facilities and faculty. They’re pulling in a stronger applicant pool, with [b]many students eyeing them as a top alternative to schools like Middlebury or Hamilton[/b]. Plus, with their major investments in faculty and national recruiting, they’re making noise in the liberal arts world. But hey, feel free to keep sleeping on them—Bates is already on the rise.[/quote]
By [b]statistical aspects[/b], the student body at Bates doesn't seem to compare with those of Middlebury or Hamilton. [/quote]
I'd love to hear the difference of means tests you did, since you mention [I]statistical[/I] analysis of the following: 
College | SAT(25th , 50th , 75th)
Bates | (1410, 1450, 1490)
Middlebury | (1450, 1500, 1530)
Hamilton | (1460, 1500, 1530)
A difference of about 4-5 questions between average Bates and average Middlebury/Hamilton scores. Must be some pretty low variation if a jump from 96 to 98th percentile is significant.[/quote]

Less than 20% of Bates students submit test scores compared to around 50% and rising (once again) for the other two schools. That is a pretty big difference.[/quote]
Great, but that is not the original claim.[/quote]
The poster said statistical aspects, and the percentage of students submitting standardized scores is a statistical aspect from which inferences may be drawn. In any case, there are other statistical indicators of notable differences. For example, the percentage of students that Hamilton reports as originating from the top 10% of their high school classes (82%) is about the same as Bates reports as originating from the top quarter of their high school classes (84%).[/quote]
Fun thing, this isn’t statistical! That’s the whole point. It’s just making conclusions based off of differences in data points, but that is not statistics.[/quote]
Statistics involve numerical data. The comparative aspects discussed have been statistical in nature.[/quote]

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