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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would a valid way to construct a comparison be to take the top 25% of each school, and compare just their results? For example: Top 25% of Whitman (~100 students) vs. top 25% of STA (~20 students). Rank the college destinations of each group, and compare how they look. If the schools are truly equal, then the college quality for those two groups should be about the same. The same could be said for SAT scores. Not sure if data is available for all this. Just wondering if that construct might allow for a "fair" comparison.[/quote] I think this might work. I assume you mean top 25% by GPAs. You'd probably need SES data for both groups, too, because family finances drive a lot of college decisions. FWIW, I'm the person arguing with the "let's compare percents across schools" poster, and I'm an economist and statistician. I tend to go a little nuts when I see sloppy thinking - but I think you might be on the right track here.[/quote]
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