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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ I don't think you will ever get it. Yes, it is basic probability and statistics. Your data points, the number of graduates enrolled in YLS, and the total number of undergraduates from each undergraduate school, are valid and important. They mean as such as what the metrics are -- the number of graduates enrolled in YLS, and the size of graduates from those colleges.

[b]What you failed to understand is that you divided those two numbers to invent a third metrics and used it to compare[/b] "the likelihood of end up at YLS" from each school. That's wrong. Washington U's graduates are NOT 2.5 X as likely to end up at Yale Law as a UVA graduate.[/quote]

Most sports metrics are derived the same way.  Points per game, batting average, 3 point shooting percentage, passing completion percentage.  They are then used to compare.  Batting average is likelihood of getting a hit per at bat, etc.[/quote]

No, they are not. 3 point shooting percentage is calculated by # of 3 point shots made divided by 3 point shots [b]attempted[/b].

Likelihood of attending Yale should be calculated by # enrolled/ # applied.[/quote]

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