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Peer reviewedMcPherson, Andrew; Paterson, Lindsay – Higher Education, 1990
This comment is a response to a paper on noncompletion rates in United Kingdom universities (Johnes and Taylor 1989). The causal inferences are ill founded because they are based on data aggregated to university level. Individual-level data are essential, and data on other levels may also be necessary. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Persistence, College Students, Dropout Rate
