Student-history computation yields appreciably lower elimination percentages than class-population computation¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1911 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Computing elimination from student histories gives appreciably lower percentages than computing from class populations, because class populations include advanced-standing entrants. → E. D. Jennings 1911

Evidence¶

E. D. Jennings 1911¶

E. D. Jennings. (1911). The Elimination of Freshmen from the University of Texas. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=elimination+of+freshmen+from+the+university+of+texas

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Comparison of this study's Texas figures with Strayer's data from twenty-seven colleges of over five hundred students each (Table II). Texas sophomore/junior/senior percentages were 40/23/14 by student history versus 49/33/31 by class population; the text says student histories "include only those pupils who enter as freshmen."

"It will be seen that the University of Texas computation on the basis of student histories gives appreciably lower percentages than by class population"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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