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Attrition in the liberal arts college of a major metropolitan university

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A variety of data was collected about students in the liberal arts college of a major metropolitan university. Random samples of 120 students were selected from each of two groups: “stayers” and “leavers.” The data include only those variables that would be known to administrators at the time an admissions decision is to be made. These data were then subjected to a stepwise linear discriminant analysis. Significant results are found for discriminating between the two groups, and nine variables are found to contribute to the discrimination.

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  1. School of Management, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Ave., 02215, Boston, MA

    Diana Stork & Paul D. Berger

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Stork, D., Berger, P.D. Attrition in the liberal arts college of a major metropolitan university. Res High Educ 9, 281–289 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00991401

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