Talk:Shimer College

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[edit] Ph.D. claim

third highest phd in the nation, according to whom? report possible bias because of small campus size —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.1.90.37 (talk • contribs) .

I don't think it's a sample size issue so much as a selection bias. Shimer students are probably disproportionately predisposed to academic careers. --Dhartung | Talk 23:25, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

This was from a ranking done by a researcher at the University of Wisconsin Curriculum Studies Dept. sometime around 1998.--75.57.139.245 00:36, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

There does not seem to be any such department at the U of W, nor am I having any luck locating the original study. I am fairly sure this is legitimate, I even recall news clippings about it from my time on campus, but if it cannot be verified it does not belong here. -- Visviva (talk) 02:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

The claim does appear in news articles such as this one in the Sun-Times, but I still cannot locate the actual study. The claim itself is perfectly plausible and likely to be correct, but I wonder if this study was ever actually published in a peer-reviewed journal. -- Visviva (talk) 03:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)