Word: survey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hoxby's study, "The Return to Attending a More Selective College: 1960 to the Present," analyzed survey data showing how quickly students who went to top colleges got their money back in the form of higher wages...
...then used data from the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) showing what 1982 graduates from particular schools earned...
...extensive survey which follows a small segment of the population through interviews over many years to provide a generational snapshot...
...example, Caltech's jump from number four to number one can largely be attributed to change in the way school spending per student was evaluated. Rather than using a numerical ranking for a school's per capita expenditure, the survey now considers the actual dollar amount spent by the school on each student...
BABY BLUE...OR PINK? Expectant moms: your guess about your baby's sex is, overall, no better than chance, says a survey. But researchers did find that women with 12 or more years of education were correct 71% of the time--far more than less-educated women, whose accuracy rate was 43%. More puzzling: the most accurate predictors were women who relied on dreams or gut feelings, not physical signals. Still, says Johns Hopkins study co-author Janet DiPietro, none of the above dare "run out and paint the nursery pink or blue...