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Of course it does. But is that because of the degree itself or because of the types of people who tend to get college degrees vs. those who don't? I would need
by austenallred 13y ago
Of course it does. But is that because of the degree itself or because of the types of people who tend to get college degrees vs. those who don't? I would need to see the outliers and the full data to really come to a conclusion.
- sp332 13y ago12.5% of people is 1 in 8. That's way too many to be considered outliers. More detailed data: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat07.htm http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat07.htm
- austenallred 13y agoI hate to be the "correlation != causation" guy, but that definitely applies to the way you're using this data.
- sp332 13y agoWhat I meant by that last comment is: whatever the reason is for being unemployed, it must be pretty common.
- randomdata 13y agoRemember that the schools, at least where I come from, have a system in place to select the "winners", so the correlation is not surprising. I remember in 9th grade, and possibly even before that, it was already starting to become pretty clear who was going tend towards being more successful in life and the schools pushed those people into the college direction. Certain groups who were less favored for success were actively prevented from going into college, even, by way of not being given the necessary credits. So, it is kind of like you choosing race horses, ignoring all the horses with broken legs, and then proclaiming the only reasons the horses with broken legs did not win was because they were not selected by you to win. Perhaps it is just because the horses had broken legs?