Tao Li
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Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 21:35:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Gary King <king(a)harvard.edu>
To: Phillip Y. Lipscy <lipscy(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Cc: Tao Li <li7(a)fas.harvard.edu>du>, dkane(a)latte.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: data source
data availablity, and to some small extent simplicity of data types.
Gary
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Phillip Y. Lipscy wrote:
Quick question about the final exam data: were the 14
states selected through a
random process or deliberately due to issues such as limited data availability?
The answer to this question would seem to have implications for how general our
conclusions can be and whether there would be systemic bias.
Thanks,
Phillip.
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