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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok - since you're so smart - explain how this statement is supported by the data.  "The table doesn't suggest that white people will get the lion's share of the gains if race is removed as a consideration. [b]Whites gained 145 admissions if race was removed as a consideration. Asian/Asian American gained 1206 admissions if race was removed as a consideration[/b]"[/quote]

You are quoting another DCUM poster, not the report.  That DCUM poster was incorrect.  Whites gain 145 if all preferences are removed, not just racial preferences.  Whites gain 652 if racial preferences are removed, but athlete and legacy preferences remain.

To isolate no legacy you subtract the no legacy preferences line from the model.  Isolate no athletes in the same way.  Once you have those two numbers, you subtract them from the "no race/legacy/athlete" number.  In this way, you deduce the impact of racial preference by itself.

For whites this is

No legacy -204
No athletes -303

and then (4,947 - (-204) - (-303)) = 652

You can repeat the above for each of the racial groups which yields the results listed in the previous post.[/quote]

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